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Reinstatement

Reinstatement \Re`in*state"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re?stablishment.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
reinstatement

1700, from reinstate + -ment. Reinstation is recorded from 1680s.

Wiktionary
reinstatement

n. The act of restoring something to its previous state.

WordNet
reinstatement
  1. n. the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"

  2. the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"

Usage examples of "reinstatement".

Because a Hortator reinstatement would be a public event that any remaining Silent One spies would notice, right?

On receipt of this letter I lost no time in laying it before the President of the United States, who expressed great gratification at hearing such sentiments from you, one of the most influential and honored of the Southern governors, and he desires me to say that he fully shares your anxiety for the restoration of peace between the States and for a reunion of all the States on the basis of the abolition of slavery--the bone we are fighting over--and the full reinstatement of every Confederate citizen in all the rights of citizenship in our common country.

The series of contributions extends from September of 1811 until April of the following year, and appears to have nearly come to a premature and abrupt close in the intermediate July, when an article written by Coleridge in strong opposition to the proposed reinstatement of the Duke of York in the command-in-chief was, by ministerial influence, suppressed before publication.

Now according to my plan the Surprise will carry on with her avowable activities under her second in command and her present ship's company - the authorities' confidential arrangement for her hire will continue in force - and you and Aubrey will take the envoy to Pulo Prabang in the Diane, which has been bought into the service We had meant to wait until there was a victory that could be announced together with the news of Aubrey's reinstatement - a question of saving official face - but now it is agreed that the country's interests will be better served by openly, publicly, almost ostentatiously reinstating him and giving him this command.

Subsequent to his arrest, freed from the fear of his dangerous presence, witnesses have testified that on numerous occasions he has actively tried to persuade them to join him in plotting for the overthrowing of your Excellencies and the reinstatement of the outlaw Ibryen.

Yet the Enochist tradition was preserved in certain college rituals -- echoed, rather, for the celebrants had little idea what it was they celebrated: the Spring Carnival itself, with its attendant symbols, was one such tradition, originating in ancient agronomical ceremonies and modified by the Enochist Fraternity to celebrate the Expulsion of Enos Enoch, His promotion of the Old-Syllabus Emeritus Profs from the Nether Campus, and His triumphal Reinstatement.

Strikers demanding reinstatement of all retrenched white employees and guaranteed job security for all.