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palauttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • normalize verb To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
  • reclaim verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
  • refund verb To give back money that someone has paid.
  • rehabilitate verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
  • remand verb To send someone accused of a crime back into custody while they wait for trial.
  • remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • reply verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
  • restore verb To bring something back to its former, usually better, condition.
  • return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  • revert verb To go back to a previous state, condition, or topic.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.

Senses

palauttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • give back (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
  • normalize (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
  • pay back (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
  • refund (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
  • rehabilitate (transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]
  • remit (transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  • remit (transitive, obsolete) To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.
  • render (transitive) To make over as a return.

normalize — full definition

  1. verb To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
  2. verb To consider normal, to treat as standard in the face of older norms.
  3. verb To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
  4. verb To become normal; to return to a normal state.

reclaim — full definition

  1. verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
  2. verb To make land usable again, especially by draining water or clearing waste from it.
  3. verb To recover useful material from waste so it can be reused.

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