Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to restoration.
- adj. Tending or having the power to restore: a restorative tonic.
- n. Something that restores.
- n. A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to restoration; specifically, capable of restoring or renewing vitality or strength.
- n. That which is efficacious in restoring vigor; a food, cordial, or medicine which recruits the vital powers.
Wiktionary
- n. Something believed to have restoring properties.
- n. An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.
- adj. Of or pertaining to restoring.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
- n. Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. tending to impart new life and vigor to
- n. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
- n. a device for treating injury or disease
- adj. promoting recuperation
Examples
“The government said its proposal would begin to achieve what it calls "restorative justice," an apparent allusion to the Moros' complaints of discrimination and dispossession through the decades.”
“In fact, their sleep patterns mimic those who suffer from sleep disorders like sleep apnea, where you experience enough hours asleep but you don't spend enough hours in restorative sleep.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Tips for New Mothers: Quality vs. Quantity
“It can be the best short-term restorative and, who knows, you might wake up with your memory.”
“Schilling said he has little faith in restorative justice.”
Schilling Criticizes City Councilors on Attacks at cvillenews.com
“The conference has been, in short, restorative for a party that fears and even knows that electoral disaster is now just months away.”
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“The movement known as restorative justice challenges the notion that our basic response to crime should be punishment rather than healing.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Koehler: The National Empathy Divide
“The movement known as restorative, or transformative, justice, which is slowly taking root and making a difference across the country and around the world, challenges the notion that our basic response to crime should be punishment rather than healing.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Koehler: The National Empathy Divide
“Slow wave sleep has been called the restorative phase of sleep, and increased exercise during the day leads to an increase in time spent in SWS during the night.”
“A core premise of the growing movement known as restorative, or transformative, justice is that conflict is opportunity.”
“Another form of rehabilitation is the use of reparations otherwise known as restorative justice.”
A hypothetical Juvenile case: Rehabilitative Justice at work
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