reinstate

Verb

Meaning

To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

restore reestablish return replace fill recover restoration recall rebuild revive reset reconstruct repay renew amplify
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Antonyms

end fire destroy abstract attach abolish
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Hypernyms

change restore alter modify reconstruct

Hyponyms

redeem rehabilitate

Examples

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. Jon Meacham

We must reinstate Jesus in the rightful place which belongs to Him in the church; or the church will soon be driven into the wilderness. Thomas March Clark

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004. Mark Udall

The Preface to the Phenomenology is one of the greatest philosophical undertakings of all times, constituting no less an attempts than to reinstate philosophy as the highest form of human knowledge, as ‘the Science.' Herbert Marcuse

restore law and order Source: Internet

reestablish peace in the region Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reinstantiable reinstantiate reinstantiation reinstatement reinstater reinstation