Topic: EMPLOYMENT
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | instate 'to put in a position' (17-21 centuries) |
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re‧in‧state
[transitive]
[transitive]1BE 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.
California reinstated the death penalty in 1977. —reinstatement noun [uncountable and countable]
