restitutionary

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adjective

Pertaining to or constituting restitution.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Pertaining to or constituting restitution.

    For Durkheim, the social cohesion of modern society was at its optimal level when there was proper and sufficient legal regulation of commercial transactions on the basis of restitutionary principles.

    2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order

Origin

From restitution + -ary.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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