View results from:
Wordnet |
Webster |
Wiktionary |
Easton
reparation in WordNet English dictionary
noun- something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
"how can I make amends"
reparation amends
- the act of putting something in working order again
repair fix fixing fixture mend mending reparation
- (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
"Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"
reparation
- compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
"an act for which there is no reparation"
reparation
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University