Both Uses of
restitution
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "No, your excellency," returned Bertuccio; "it was a vendetta followed by restitution."†
Chpt 43-44 *
- "I am endeavoring," he thought, "to make this man happy; I look upon this restitution as a weight thrown into the scale to balance the evil I have wrought.†
Chpt 117
Definition:
money paid in compensation for loss
or:
restoring a previous condition -- especially getting back something lost or stolen
or:
restoring a previous condition -- especially getting back something lost or stolen