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Restitution
- noun - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
- the act of restoring something to its original state
Restoration
- noun - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.
- getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
- make good
- some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the restoration looked exactly like the original"
- the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
- the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
- the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
- the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
Restriction
- noun - a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
Retaliation
- noun - action taken in return for an injury or offense
Retardation
- noun - a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant"
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
Retribution
- noun - a justly deserved penalty
- the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Retroaction
- - Action returned, or action backward.
Retrovision
- noun - a vision of events in the distant past
Revaluation
- noun - a new appraisal or evaluation
Rewrite Man
- noun - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication