reparatory

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A document signed by 56 heads of government, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, acknowledges calls for "discussions on reparatory justice" for the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

This is the most commonly understood form of reparatory justice – where a state gives money to a country whose communities it enslaved.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sent warning letters to 10 drugmakers, taking issue with patents on popular drugs for weight loss, diabetes, asthma and other reparatory conditions.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

This does not however conclude the task we have imposed on ourselves, for from its usual attributes especially does this reparatory sense derive its importance.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette