Compensation vs. Restitution
Compensationnoun
The act or principle of compensating.
Compensationnoun
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss
Compensationnoun
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
Compensationnoun
A recompense or reward for service.
Compensationnoun
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
Compensationnoun
The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
Compensationnoun
The act or principle of compensating.
Compensationnoun
That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.
Compensationnoun
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
Compensationnoun
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
Compensationnoun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Compensationnoun
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Restitutionnoun
(legal) A process of compensation for losses.
Restitutionnoun
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
Restitutionnoun
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
Restitutionnoun
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
Restitutionnoun
(medicine) The movement of rotation 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 labour.
Restitutionnoun
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.
Restitutionnoun
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
Restitutionnoun
The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
Restitutionnoun
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.
Restitutionnoun
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitutionnoun
the act of restoring something to its original state
Restitutionnoun
getting something back again;
Restitution
The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery, in which a court orders the defendant to give up his gains to the claimant. It should be contrasted with the law of compensation, the law of loss-based recovery, in which a court orders the defendant to pay the claimant for their loss.
