Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
2. Transfer of Property

790. Restitution.

   NOUN:RESTITUTION, return; rendition, reddition; restoration, reinstatement, reinvestment, recuperation; rehabilitation (reconstruction) [See Restoration]; reparation, atonement; compensation, indemnification.
  RECOVERY (getting back) [See Acquisition]; release, replevin, replevy, redemption; reversion; remitter.
   VERB:RESTORE, return; give -, carry -, bring- back; render, – up; give up; let go, unclutch; disgorge, regorge; regurgitate; recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, reinvest, reinstate, remit, rehabilitate; repair (make good) [See Restoration].
  RECOVER (get back) [See Acquisition]; redeem; take back again; revest, revert.
   ADJECTIVE:RESTORING &c. v.; recuperative [See Restoration]; compensatory, indemnificatory; reversionary, redemptive, revertible.
   ADVERB:in full restitution; as partial compensation; to atone for.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Suum cuique.
2. He was ever precise in promise-keeping.—Measure for Measure
3. Words pay no debts.—Troilus and Cressida
4. Who never promiseth but he means to pay.—I Henry IV