restitute
/ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: reinstitute (sometimes synonymous)"
- "Abebaw stated that activities are being done to track down where and with whom the artifacts are collected to return the items that are collected by various institutions and individuals. In this regard, a document listing down these important items was submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as evidence. Recall that many artifacts have been returned through efforts made in the past five years, he said, pointing out those in the hands of various individuals returned voluntarily and through negotiations. Efforts to restitute Ethiopian artifacts listed for auction in various countries will involve legally halting them from sale, he added."
- "Near-synonyms: repay, compensate, recompensate, recompense"
- "[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]"
- "What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing."
- "[W]hat it represents is the inability of language to restitute the loss of memory."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: restituer, restituō