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Reparation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPARA'TION, n.
1. That act of repairing; restoration to soundness or a good state; as the reparation of a bridge or of a highway.
2. Supply of what is wasted; as the reparation of decaying health or strength after disease or exhaustion.
3. Amends; indemnification for loss or damage. A loss may be too great for reparation.
4. Amends; satisfaction for injury.
I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"
2: (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"
3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
4: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" [syn: reparation, amends]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English reparacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin reparation-, reparatio, from Latin reparare Date: 14th century 1. a. a repairing or keeping in repair b. 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; specifically compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation — usually used in plural

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of making amends. 2 a compensation. b (esp. in pl.) compensation for war damage paid by the defeated State. 3 the act or an instance of repairing or being repaired. Derivatives: reparative adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL reparatio -onis (as REPAIR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reparation Rep`a*ra"tion (-r?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]paration, L. reparatio. See Repair to mend.] 1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. --Arbuthnot. 2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reparations) 1. Reparations are sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries. Israel accepted billions of dollars in war reparations. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 2. 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Restoration, renewal, repair. 2. Redress, indemnification, amends, atonement, restitution, compensation, satisfaction.

Moby Thesaurus

adjustment, amends, atonement, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, expiation, expiatory offering, fixing, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, lex talionis, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, paying back, peace offering, piaculum, price, propitiation, quittance, reclamation, recompense, rectification, redemption, redress, refund, reimbursement, remedy, remuneration, repair, repairing, repayment, reprisal, requital, requitement, restitution, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward, salvage, satisfaction, settlement, smart money, solatium, squaring, substitution, troubleshooting, wergild