reinstating

Returning to position

Reinstating is returning something or someone to a former position or condition.

An employee might be reinstated after a wrongful termination; a policy might be reinstated after being suspended.

The court ordered the company to reinstate her with back pay.

The noun is reinstatement.

sensename

restoration

Returning something to condition

rehiring · reappointing · reversing · undoing · recovering · replacing · repositioning · renewing · reviving · resuming

policy

reestablishing

Founding anew after interruption

reintroducing · reimplementing · renewing · reactivating · policy reversal

employment

rehiring

Restoring someone's job

wrongful termination · union grievance · arbitration · seniority · unfair dismissal · labor rights · employee rights · probation · contract renewal

legal

appeal

Formal review request

expungement · clemency · amnesty · voting rights · citizenship · court order · judicial review · habeas corpus · injunction · legal remedy

membership

readmitting

Allowing entry again

professional license · fraternity · association

Opposites
employment/position status

reinstatingfiring

Terminating employment

dismissing · removing · terminating · sacking · discharging

restoration vs. abolition

reinstatingabolishing

Formally ending something

eliminating · revoking · rescinding · repealing · annulling

continuity of status

reinstatingexpelling

Forcing someone out

suspending · banning · barring · excluding · disbarring

Family

institution, restate, reinstate, restatement, restating, reinstated, reinstatement, institutionalize, reinstall

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