reinstatement
/ˌriːɪnˈsteɪtm(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of giving someone back a position they have lost: the student body gave its support to the two expelled students and demanded their reinstatement...
- The committee has received 14,000 applications from former Baathists asking for either reinstatement or for pensions, he said.
- At the end of April, a demonstration organized by the soldiers to demand reinstatement turned violent.
- A union meeting on Tuesday called for official action to win his reinstatement.
Synonyms
restoration, return to a former position, return to power, bringing back, reinstitution, reinstallation, rehabilitation, re-establishment
1.1The restoration of something such as a law or custom: others have demanded the reinstatement of the death penalty...
- State politicians whipped up a further frenzy by calling for reinstatement of the death penalty.
- I oppose the reinstatement of the death penalty with every fibre of my being.
- One of the great unmentionables in the current election campaign is the reinstatement of conscription.
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