Thesaurus results for RESTITUTIONS

restitutions

noun

plural of restitution

as in reparations

payment to another for a loss or injury sought restitution from the other driver's insurance company for lost wages

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Recent Examples of restitutions The Swiss handover is the latest in a steady stream of restitutions by European museums to Nigeria. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said his office has a strong track record of fighting Medicaid fraud and has won more than 300 convictions and $80 million in judgments and restitutions during his time in office. — Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026 Exceptions include federal tax liens, qualified domestic relations orders, and criminal fines or restitutions. — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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Last month, Mottley led a subcommittee of Caribbean leaders that launched a new slavery reparations manifesto during a reparations conference in Ghana.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The opinion, while not legally binding, stated that countries were legally required to reduce GHG emissions and may have to pay reparations for damages from climate change.

— Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of reparations

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As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
The jury awarded her $3 million in damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of damages

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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.

— Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026
Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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