■ noun
1》 the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.
2》 recompense for injury or loss.
3》 the restoration of something to its original state.
↘ Physics the resumption of an object's original shape or position through elastic recoil.
Derivatives
restitutive adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., or from L. restitutio(n-) , from restituere 'restore'.