Reparation

//ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). countable, plural-normally, uncountable

    "I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able."

  2. 2
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "the reparation of a bridge or of a highway"

  4. 4
    the act of putting something in working order again wordnet
  5. 5
    (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors wordnet
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  1. 6
    compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury wordnet

Synonyms

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amendsrepairrepairrestitutionadjustmentamends

Example

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"To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.

Related phrases

war reparations

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