Associations to the word «Reinstatement»

Wiktionary

REINSTATEMENT, noun. The act of restoring something to its previous state.

Dictionary definition

REINSTATEMENT, noun. The condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly".
REINSTATEMENT, noun. The act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats