What's the difference between restitution and retribution?

Restitution


Definition:

  • (v.) The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
  • (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
  • (v.) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
  • (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
  • (2) Although systemic fibrinolysis with streptokinase was not initiated until eight weeks after the accident, a partial restitution of the markedly reduced macro- and microcirculation in the fingers was possible.
  • (3) Obvious restitution of the thymic medulla was evident about 14 days after withdrawal of FK506.
  • (4) When using pair stimula, barbamil shortens the period of absolute nonexcitation and the second phase of depression in the cycle of restituted H-reflexes to the second stimula in the pair.
  • (5) Therapeutic action included application of antibiotics, surgical valve removal, and delayed restitution.
  • (6) The monoexponential pattern of restitution was seen with model-independent descriptors of relaxation as well as with tau.
  • (7) This study suggests that restitution of amniotic fluid volume in human pregnancies complicated by severe oligohydramnios does not acutely alter the umbilical artery PI.
  • (8) Tetrapolar impedance rheocardiography was used to study postextrasystolic potentiation and mechanic restitution.
  • (9) To determine whether centrally released vasopressin influences thirst, observations of osmotic thirst threshold, osmotic load excretion and postloading restitution of plasma osmolality were made in dogs in control experiments and during infusion of AVP antagonists into the third ventricle.
  • (10) It was found that chromosome fragments restitute with time, whereas the dicentrics are formed very quickly and their frequency remains the same, despite the decline in the number of chromosome breaks at later recovery times.
  • (11) A comparative evaluation of the effects of soaps and detergents on pH behaviour and lipids level on the skin surface and duration of their restitution was carried out.
  • (12) [The loan is] appalling, no one had any idea whatsoever,” said Elena Korka, a senior culture ministry policymaker involved in restitution efforts since 1986.
  • (13) Air crescent signs were seen in 40% of patients during or after bone marrow restitution.
  • (14) The tissue restitution was better in suture anastomosis carried out with absorbable sutures than performed with non-absorbable suture material.
  • (15) It is concluded that grafting can be successfully employed in the treatment of central ulcers, as it not only restitutes tissue integrity, but also preserves useful vision.
  • (16) Following factors were obtained regardless whether investigations were carried out in normals or in psychiatric patients: A static factor, a dynamic factor, a stimulus-specific factor and a restitution-dependent factor.
  • (17) The apparent protective mechanisms of this prostanoid under the present conditions may involve mucus and fluid effusion that could allow restitution of the surface epithelial layer.
  • (18) The mechanical restitution of the left ventricle of closed-chest dogs was modeled as a monoexponential relation, using peak single-beat elastance as a measure of contractile strength.
  • (19) Transplants of 1-3 rat pancreases have proven to restitute streptozotocin induced diabetes in athymic nude mice.
  • (20) There was relevant hemodynamic irritation of perfusion in dopplersonographic examination cranial of compressed vessel, which normalized after restitution.

Retribution


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of retributing; repayment.
  • (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
  • (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But people have also faced retribution even far from Chen's home.
  • (2) Photograph: Owen Gibson Yet for those who challenge authority through their words or actions, retribution is swift.
  • (3) There are already calls for large protests in Egypt this week demanding fair trials and retribution, as well as measures to purge former regime officials from political and economic life.
  • (4) • New York 's Jonathan Chait declares Christie all but finished: "The e-mails prove that Christie’s loyalists closed the bridge deliberately as political retribution, not as a 'traffic study' as claimed.
  • (5) 9.51pm BST And now, we prepare for retribution: David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) No Senator who heeledtoday on the NRA's command should have the gall to issue mournful statements the next time gun violence strikes.
  • (6) When it also became clear that Gaddafi had secretly been developing nuclear and chemical weapons, retribution was swift.
  • (7) The four did not want to give their full names for fear of retribution.
  • (8) Meanwhile the Police Federation's attempts to extract retribution for the disputed p-word, in the form of Andrew Mitchell's sacking, have been roundly slagged off by former Labour minister Chris Mullin , who last week described the organisation as "a bully", "a bunch of headbangers" and "a mighty vested interest that has seen off just about all attempts to reform the least reformed part of the public service".
  • (9) "We owe it to them to make sure that where they are under real threat of retribution or intimidation, we look after them."
  • (10) The opposition had warned, with each stage of the “normalization” – the release on both sides of political prisoners; a deal to allow telecom companies to strengthen the internet on the island and for US banks to do business there; a US agreement to expand remittances and ease travel restrictions – that too many opponents of the Castro regime remain in prisons, or remain sentenced to silence under threat of retribution.
  • (11) Tyson Fury has no fear of retribution – he will say and do as he pleases | Kevin Mitchell Read more Every Saturday night, crowds of men from our rundown housing estate would get tanked up and go to watch those from an even lower pecking order than themselves inflict pain and humiliation on each other, while the spectators egged them on.
  • (12) The stated desire to avenge the massacre has also given rise to fears by locals from Tikrit that the militias may carry out retributive killings or summary executions.
  • (13) He is finding scapegoats for the scapegoated and demands retribution for their suffering.
  • (14) Clegg said he hoped it would "not be conducted in a mood or spirit of retribution".
  • (15) The attacks were “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers”, a spokesman said.
  • (16) And indeed, why in such a scenario confine America's retribution to the Taliban?
  • (17) This hauteur helped her navigate the gay story: she was simply too good for that, and she was powerful enough in her younger years to be able to threaten retribution.
  • (18) On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $15-per-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.
  • (19) The retribution was swift and decisive, with Blatter talking about "angels and devils".
  • (20) Finally, we propose a model that may be useful for lessening the conflict between retributive and utilitarian perspectives.