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reinstatement

reinstatement noun: the act of restoring something to its previous state.

Noun

reinstatement (countable and uncountable, plural reinstatements)

  1. The act of restoring something to its previous state.
    • Many people are unhappy with the sacking of the chief constable and demand his immediate reinstatement.
    • Barry removed Pawlisch last July and the former board member has sought reinstatement to his seat, thus far without success.1983 December 3, “Citizeens Support Ousting of Homophobic Health Commissioner”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 2

reinstatement meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

reinstatement in Tamil

மீண்டும் அமர்த்தல், மீளமர்த்துகை, மீண்டும் பணியில் சேர்த்தல், மறுநியமனம்

reinstatement in Malayalam

പുനഃസ്ഥാപനം, പ്രതിഷ്ഠാപനം

Forms of reinstatement

pluralreinstatements

Plural of reinstatement: reinstatements

Origin of reinstatement

From reinstate + -ment.

Words formed from reinstatement

Questions about reinstatement

What does reinstatement mean?
Reinstatement means the act of restoring something to its previous state.
What is reinstatement in Tamil?
Reinstatement in Tamil is மீண்டும் அமர்த்தல், மீளமர்த்துகை, மீண்டும் பணியில் சேர்த்தல். See Reinstatement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reinstatement?
Reinstatement is a noun.
What is the plural of reinstatement?
The plural of reinstatement is reinstatements.

Words near reinstatement in the dictionary

  1. reinstantiation
  2. reinstantiations
  3. reinstatable
  4. reinstate
  5. reinstated
  6. reinstatement
  7. reinstatements
  8. reinstater
  9. reinstaters
  10. reinstates
  11. reinstating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reinstatement (page history and authors); reinstatement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reinstatement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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