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Surrender vs Restitution - What's the difference?

surrender | restitution |

As nouns the difference between surrender and restitution

is that surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation while restitution is (legal) a process of compensation for losses.

As a verb surrender

is to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc) to an enemy.

surrender

English

Alternative forms

* surrendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
  • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
  • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
  • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  • (legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
  • Synonyms

    * capitulation

    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