reparation

nouncompensation, amends

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noun compensation, amends

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., "reconciliation," from Old French reparacion and directly from Late Latin reparationem (nominative reparatio) "act of repairing, restoration," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reparare "restore, repair" (see repair (v.1)). Meaning "act of repairing or mending" is attested from c.1400. Reparations "compensation for war damaged owed by the aggressor" is attested from 1921, with reference to Germany, from French réparations (1919).

Example Sentences for reparation

I don't like the term "reparation," sir, except as a lever in the hands of counsel.

Ought you not to have exacted my admittance to the Comedie as a reparation for the insult?

I owe him reparation, and it shall be paid to the uttermost penny.

"You offered the only reparation in your power," he said at length.

Can you, from the brief minutes I have left, Eke out my reparation?

That must needs have been no slight injury that suggests such a reparation.

"Then you are aware that you owe me such a reparation," said he, in a voice tremulous with emotion.

Was it so very certain that I would insist upon this reparation?

She first mars a man's fortune, and, by way of a reparation, she destroys her own.

And do you fancy that a morning call from you is the reparation for all this?

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amends

apologies

apology

appeasement

atonement

compensation

correction

corrections

cure

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amends