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- Dictionaryreparation/ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged: "the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim"
- 2. the action of repairing something: archaic "the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation"
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1. a. : a repairing or keeping in repair. b. reparations plural : repairs. 2. a. : the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury. b. : something done or given as amends or satisfaction. 3. : the payment of damages : indemnification.
REPARATION definition: 1. payment for harm or damage: 2. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for…. Learn more.
REPARATION meaning: 1. payment for harm or damage: 2. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for…. Learn more.
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.
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong. synonyms: amends. see more. noun. compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury. “an act for which there is no reparation ” see more. noun. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors. “Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I”
Reparation is help or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you. There is a clear demand amongst victims for some sort of reparation from offenders.
[uncountable] the act of giving something to somebody or doing something for them in order to show that you are sorry that you have caused them to suffer. Offenders should be forced to make reparation to the community. Word Origin. See reparation in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: reparation.
reparation. ( ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən) n. 1. the act or process of making amends: an injury admitting of no reparation. 2. ( 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 action of repairing a damaged, worn, or faulty object… Expand. 2. Restoration of something to good or proper condition… † The restoration of a person to a previous condition… Healing, esp. of an injury; an instance of this. Expand. 3. The action of making amends for a wrong or harm done by…
REPARATION meaning: 1 : money that a country or group that loses a war pays because of the damage, injury, deaths, etc., it has caused; 2 : something that is done or given as a way of correcting a mistake that you have made or a bad situation that you have caused.
