restitution

A process of compensation for losses.

The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.

He […]restitution to the value makes.

A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.

the restitution of an elastic body

The force–displacement curve of perfectly plastic contact partners does not show elastic restitution.

That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.

Valery Kulishov, Russia's restitution director, pledged his country's assistance in obtaining restitution for individual victims, and turned over three secret documents bearing on stolen or missing artworks.

“Restitution is a very delicate issue,” says Erika Jakubovits, head of restitution for the Jewish community in Vienna.

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.