Reparation Definition

rĕpə-rāshən
reparations
noun
reparations
A making of amends; making up for a wrong or injury.
Webster's New World
Anything paid or done to make up for something else; compensation.
Webster's New World
A repairing or being repaired; restoration to good condition.
Webster's New World
Compensation by a nation defeated in a war for economic losses suffered by the victor or for crimes committed against individuals, payable in money, labor, goods, etc.
Webster's New World

(usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).

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Other Word Forms of Reparation

Noun

Singular:
reparation
Plural:
reparations

Origin of Reparation

  • Middle English reparacion from Old French from Late Latin reparātiō reparātiōn- restoration from Latin reparātus past participle of reparāre to repair repair1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin reparationem, from Latin reparatio.

    From Wiktionary

Reparation Sentence Examples

  • How do you think it feels to live with the regret that stems from having done something beyond reparation to someone as beautiful as she is in this life?

  • He projected a railway to the Sudan, and also the reparation of the barrage.

  • Christ, unjustly condemned by the God of law, is given as reparation for all men who put their trust in him.

  • Sir John Bowring, who represented Great Britain in China, failing to secure the reparation and apology which he demanded, directed the British admiral to bombard Canton.

  • Happily for the future of the world, the government of the United States felt itself able to accept the despatch which had been thus addressed to it, and to give the reparation which was demanded; and the danger of war between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race was averted.

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Words Starting With

RREREP

Words Ending With

NONION

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