bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"
To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom
If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them. The governor is said to have agreed to reinstate five senior workers who were dismissed