REINSTATEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reinstatement mean? 

• REINSTATEMENT (noun)
  The noun REINSTATEMENT has 2 senses:

1. the condition of being reinstated

2. the act of restoring someone to a previous position

  Familiarity information: REINSTATEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REINSTATEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being reinstated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly

Hypernyms ("reinstatement" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

reinstate (bring back into original existence, use, function, or position)

reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of restoring someone to a previous position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel

Hypernyms ("reinstatement" is a kind of...):

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

Derivation:

reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)

 Context examples 

A worsening of chronic Graft versus Host Disease (cGVHD) manifestations during withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy which does not exceed those at the beginning of the trial and improves after reinstatement of previous treatment.

(Exacerbation of cGVHD, NCI Thesaurus)