reparatory

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Last year, Commonwealth leaders agreed it was time for a "meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation" about reparatory justice for the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

As well as financial reparations, reparatory justice can come in several forms, including debt relief, an official apology, educational programmes, building museums, economic support, and public health assistance.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 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