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- Dictionaryreparation/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"
- 2. the action of repairing something: archaic "the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation"
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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.
The meaning of REPARATION is a repairing or keeping in repair. How to use reparation in a sentence.
REPARATION meaning: 1. payment for harm or damage: 2. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for…. Learn more.
compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war: The U.S. government eventually disbursed reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned during World War II.
Reparation is help or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you.
1. the act or process of making amends: an injury admitting of no reparation. 2. (usually plural) compensation exacted as an indemnity from a defeated nation by the victors: esp the compensation demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.
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.
