Restitution vs Retaliation - What's the difference?
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(legal) A process of compensation for losses.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
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* 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.
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
An act of violent response.
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As nouns the difference between restitution and retaliation
is that restitution is (legal) a process of compensation for losses while retaliation is violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.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
Synonyms
* (act of compensating) recompense, indemnificationretaliation
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Noun
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