restitution.

The return of property or value that was wrongfully taken, withheld or lost to its appropriate holder.

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Words that belong together

• restitution of property
• claim for restitution

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The claim for restitution concerned property held without the asserted legal basis.

Restitution of the property did not settle every additional loss alleged by the claimant.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: responsibility analysis, evidence qualification, ethical distinction, institutional judgment. Disciplines: academic writing, ethics, legal-administrative reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.