restitutions
Payments for wrongs
Restitutions is the plural of restitution—acts of restoring something to its rightful owner or compensating for loss or injury.
Courts may order restitutions to victims of crimes.
In broader use, restitutions can refer to multiple instances of making amends: The company made restitutions to all affected customers.
Compensation for wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
amends · reconciliation · absolution · guilt · sin · redemption · sacrament · contrition
Payment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- judgmentsFormed opinions or decisions
awards · remedies · indemnification · recompense · redress · liability · court-ordered · victims
Compensation for historical wrongs
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- colonialOf occupied territories
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- lootedStolen from, especially violently
artifacts · repatriation · Holocaust · slavery · indigenous · land · territorial · sovereignty
Stolen from, especially violently
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- museumsInstitutions preserving cultural artifacts
- collectionsGathered groups of items
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
cultural · heritage · repatriation · ownership · claims · galleries · stolen · wartime
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
confession · amends · reconciliation · absolution · guilt · sin · redemption · sacrament · contrition · spiritual
compensation
Payment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
judgments · awards · remedies · indemnification · recompense · redress · liability · court-ordered · victims · plaintiffs
reparations
Compensation for historical wrongs
looted · artifacts · repatriation · Holocaust · slavery · indigenous · land · territorial · sovereignty · reconciliation
looted
Stolen from, especially violently
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- museumsInstitutions preserving cultural artifacts
- collectionsGathered groups of items
antiquities · cultural · heritage · repatriation · ownership · claims · galleries · stolen · wartime · colonial
restitutionspunishments
Sanctions for misconduct
penalties · retributions · vengeance · revenge · sanctions
restitutionsconfiscations
Official seizures of property
thefts · seizures · forfeitures · expropriations · dispossessions
restitutionsdamages
Compensation for injury
injuries · harms · destructions · violations · depredations
- restitution claimsDemands for wrongful-loss recovery
- financial restitutionMoney paid for harm