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restitution 1. Law the act of compensating for loss or injury by reverting as far as possible to the position before such injury occurred 2. the return of an object or system to its original state, esp a restoration of shape after elastic deformation How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The divine tribunal had changed its aspect for him; self-prostration was no longer enough, and he must bring restitution in his hand. The habit of not writing, indeed, was already fixed before he had begun to come into his fortune; and it was only the difficulty of breaking this long silence that withheld him from an instant restitution of the money he had stolen or (as he preferred to call it) borrowed. He accompanied this restitution with a most severe reprimand, during which Colbert contented himself with examining, feeling, even smelling, as it were, the paper, the characters, and the signature, neither more nor less than if he had to deal with the greatest forger in the kingdom. |
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