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restitutional

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or constituting restitution (compensation for losses).
  2. Pertaining to or exhibiting restitution (return or restoration to a previous condition or position).

Examples

““Thinking justice,” as he calls it, should move⟳ beyond this juridical, restitutional, reparational politics of justice. Restitutional justice always needs history, right, and law. Justice by means of restitutional politics becomes justice by means of "punishment, paymentm expiation"[.]”
“If the molecules are smooth, perfectly restitutional forceless spheres [...]”
“And if the mass m, and the restitutional force⟳ were such that, at a foot from the centre, there was produced a restitutional force⟳ of F poundals (i.e., a restitutional force⟳ capable in one second of producing in a mass of 1 lb., an acceleration of F feet per second), then the time of vibration would be [...]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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