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# restorative

«restorative» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something restorative makes you feel healthy, strong or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (restorative); noun (a restorative, restoratives — old)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something restorative makes you feel healthy, strong or calm again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#m1)

2) (school, law) Restorative ways of dealing with wrongdoing bring the person who did harm and the person harmed together to talk, put things right and mend the relationship, rather than only punishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#m2)

3) (old) A restorative is a drink or medicine that gives you strength back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In many schools «restorative conversations» or «restorative justice» replace plain punishment after a fight or bullying: both sides talk about what happened, how it felt and how to make it right. In health and everyday talk a walk, a sleep or a cup of tea can be restorative. Phrases: «restorative justice», «restorative practice», «a restorative sleep».

### examples

- A long sleep can be very restorative after a busy week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x1)
- The walk by the sea was restorative for Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x2)
- After the fight, the teacher held a restorative meeting with both boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x3)
- Restorative justice lets the victim tell the offender how the crime hurt them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x4)
- In our school we use restorative questions: What happened? Who was hurt? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x5)
- The nurse gave him a hot sweet drink as a restorative. (old-fashioned) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/#x6)

### note

Comes from «restore» (to put back as it was). Stress on «stor»: re-STOR-a-tive. It is mostly an adjective; the noun use is old-fashioned. Restorative does not mean «no consequences»: the wrongdoer must still face what they did and help put it right.

### In the corpora

- [A restorative meeting is a talk where people who fell out say what happened and how to put it right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/23/)
- [Restorative justice brings the wrongdoer and the person harmed together to put things right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/16/)
- [Restorative justice asks: who was hurt, what do they need, and whose job is it to put it right?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «restorative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restorative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.