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   reparation

   /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"
   • ▪ the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state: "the Treaty of Versailles imposed heavy reparations and restrictions on Germany"
   • 2. the action of repairing something: archaic "the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin reparatio(n-), from reparare ‘make ready again’ (see repair1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. reparative adjective
   • 2. reparatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   The meaning of REPARATION is a repairing or keeping in repair. How to use reparation in a sentence.

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   REPARATION definition: 1. payment for harm or damage: 2. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for…. Learn more.

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   REPARATION meaning: 1. payment for harm or damage: 2. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for…. Learn more.

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   Reparation is help or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you.

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   Reparation definition: the making of amends for wrong or injury done. See examples of REPARATION used in a sentence.

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   While reparation has a range of meanings, they all convey the sense of fixing or making up for a past wrong. In contemporary usage, the plural form is more common than the singular. Victims of a crime, for example, may receive reparations from the perpetrators.

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   The action of repairing a damaged, worn, or faulty object or structure by replacing or fixing parts; the fact or process of keeping something in good condition in this way; maintenance, upkeep. Also: the action or process of rebuilding a city. Cf. repair n.2 2a.

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   Define reparation. reparation synonyms, reparation pronunciation, reparation translation, English dictionary definition of reparation. n. 1. The act or process of making amends for a wrong. 2. Something done or money paid to make amends or compensate for a wrong. 3. reparations Compensation...

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishreparation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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    Definition of reparation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [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.

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    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