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   Rep·a·ra·tion

   /ˌrepəˈrāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged: "the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim"
   • ▪ the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state: "the Treaty of Versailles imposed heavy reparations and restrictions on Germany"
   • 2. the action of repairing something: archaic "the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin reparatio(n-), from reparare ‘make ready again’ (see repair1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. reparative adjective
   • 2. reparatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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