Reformation vs Restitution - What's the difference?
reformation | restitution |
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
(legal) A process of compensation for losses.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
* Spenser
* Sandys
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
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That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
(medicine) The movement of rotation 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 labour.
As nouns the difference between reformation and restitution
is that reformation is an improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs while restitution is a process of compensation for losses.As a proper noun Reformation
is the religious movement initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church.reformation
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* (Protestant Reformation)restitution
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(wikipedia restitution)- A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
- He restitution to the value makes.
- the restitution of an elastic body
