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Restitution vs Redemption - What's the difference?

restitution | redemption |

As nouns the difference between restitution and redemption

is that restitution is a process of compensation for losses while redemption is the act of redeeming or something redeemed.

restitution

English

Noun

(wikipedia restitution)
  • (legal) A process of compensation for losses.
  • The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
  • * Spenser
  • A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
  • * Sandys
  • He restitution to the value makes.
  • A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
  • the restitution of an elastic body
  • *
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of compensating) recompense, indemnification

    redemption

    Noun

  • the act of redeeming or something redeemed
  • the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
  • salvation from sin
  • rescue upon payment of a ransom
  • Derived terms

    * beyond redemption * past redemption * redemption fatigue * redemption price * redemption value