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reinstate
reinstate /ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: instate 'to put in a position' (17-21 centuries)
1. if someone is reinstated, they are officially given back their job after it was taken away
2. to make something such as a law, system, or rule exist again:
    California reinstated the death penalty in 1977.
—reinstatement noun [uncountable and countable]