Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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restitution

UK /ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuːʃən/ · US /ˌɹɛstɪˈtuʃən/ noun

Forms restitutions

  1. noun (law) A process of compensation for losses.
  2. noun The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
  3. noun A return or restoration to a previous condition or position. “the restitution of an elastic body”
  4. noun That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
  5. noun (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.

Synonyms

indemnification recompense deconversion regression step back restoration reversion amends remuneration reparation acquittal assyth bote compensation indemnity mends quittal recompensation redress relief damages return regaining

Antonyms

taking

Etymology

From Old French restitucion, from Latin restitutio. By surface analysis, restitute + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.

Etymology [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See Restitute, v.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “restitution”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “restitution” (best matches first).