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re·in·state Listen to audio/ˌri:jənˈsteɪt/ verb
re·in·states; re·in·stat·ed; re·in·stat·ing
[+ obj] 1 : to put (someone) back in a job or position that had been taken away
After his name was cleared, he was reinstated as committee chairperson. The company promised to reinstate [=rehire] the employees that had been laid off.
2 : to begin using or dealing with (a law, policy, system, etc.) again
The school board voted to reinstate the school's uniform policy. the year the death penalty was reinstated The court case was dismissed by the judge but reinstated [=reopened] on appeal.
— re·in·state·ment Listen to audio /ˌri:jənˈsteɪtmənt/ noun [noncount]
the reinstatement of the death penalty

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