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restitution

n. the act of restoring or compensating for something lost through prior damaging actions or events. Acts of restitution exist on a behavioral spectrum: They may be a healthy, even necessary, part of acknowledging and dealing with harm committed intentionally or unintentionally, but they may also, more pathologically, take such forms as a compulsive drive to “do for others” or a persistent pattern of martyrdom.

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definite article

in linguistics, an article (e.g., the in English) used with a noun phrase to indicate reference to a specific entity that has been or is about to be defined, as in The patient died last night or The patient who died last night. Compare indefinite article.