Meaning

noun compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

noun (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

noun the act of putting something in working order again

originEtymology tree Latin reparatus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnisbor. English reparation Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.

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