Definition of "restitute" [res•ti•tute]

• To bring back to a former condition; restore. (verb-transitive)
• To refund. (verb-transitive)
• To undergo restitution. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Here's my proposal: let's cash in some of our SDRs from the IMF and "restitute" our Bretton Woods gold back."
• "Let us hope that the new president Obama will be able to address those many pressing global problems in an efficient and effective way - and may everybody rally behind him, at home and everywhere else in the world, to bring more peace to the world again, and may he be able to restitute America's reputation with regard to a ethical and democratic leadership."
• "And there is good news on the horizon: a new art database is helping restitute work stolen by the Nazis, and Michael Jackson fans have some new images of their hero to examine."