restitution

For the Physics term representing energy lost in a collision, see: Coefficient of restitution The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery. It is to be contrasted with the law of compensation, which is the law of loss-based recovery. Obligations to make restitution and obligations to pay compensation are each a type of legal response to events in the real world. When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his gains to the claimant. When a court orders compensation it orders the defendant to compensate the claimant for his loss.
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n. return, reproduction, restitution, output

(v.)
The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.
  

(v.)
The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
  

(v.)
The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
  

(v.)
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
  

In cytogenetics, the spontaneous rejoining of broken chromosomes to reconstitute the original chromosome configuration.