restitution

Other forms of restitution

plural

restitutions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about restitution

What does restitution mean?

restitution means "a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restitution?

restitution has 4 syllables: res-ti-tu-tion. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛstɪˈtuʃən/.

What is another word for restitution?

Close synonyms include damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, redress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is restitution a common word?

restitution is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with restitution?

5 words rhyme with restitution. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.