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reparation
[ rep-uh-rey-shuhn ]
/ ˌrɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /
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noun
- the making of amends for wrong or injury done: In reparation for the injustice, the king made him head of the agricultural department.
- something done or given to make amends:The prosecutor has requested a reparation of $32 million to victims of the crime.
Usually reparations .
- compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war: The U.S. government eventually disbursed reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned during World War II.
- monetary or other compensation payable by a country to an individual for a historical wrong: The article is about reparations to Black people for the enslavement of their ancestors.
restoration to good condition.
OTHER WORDS FOR reparation
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Origin of reparation
synonym study for reparation
1. See redress.
OTHER WORDS FROM reparation
non·rep·a·ra·tion, nounWords nearby reparation
repairman, repairperson, repairwoman, repand, reparable, reparation, reparations, reparative, repartee, repartition, repass
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British Dictionary definitions for reparation
reparation
/ (ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən) /
noun
the act or process of making amendsan injury admitting of no reparation
(usually plural) compensation exacted as an indemnity from a defeated nation by the victors: esp the compensation demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I
the act or process of repairing or state of having been repaired
Derived forms of reparation
reparative (rɪˈpærətɪv) or reparatory, adjectiveWord Origin for reparation
C14 reparacioun, ultimately from Latin reparāre to repair 1
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Cultural definitions for reparation
reparation
Compensation demanded by a victorious nation from a defeated nation. Reparations can be in the form of goods or money.
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