restatement

re·state·ment
R1E1S1T1A1T1E1M3E1N1T1
UK/ɹiːˈsteɪt.m(ə)nt/US/ɹiˈsteɪt.mənt/

noun

The act of restating.

OriginEnglish statement ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
Less commonScrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

restatement1

nounrestatement (countable and uncountable, plural restatements)

plural restatements

  1. countableuncountableThe act of restating.
  2. countableuncountableA second or subsequent statement.

Restatement2

nounRestatement (plural Restatements)

plural Restatements

  1. lawAny of several treatises published by the American Law Institute in which a group of legal scholars within a field of law set forth the principles of that field of law based on legal precedents.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstatement
  7. Englishrestatement

From re- + statement.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with restatement

statementunderstatement
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

restatement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restatement

MLA

“restatement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restatement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restatement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restatement.

Source: restatement on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.