Reparation
[,repə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [ˌrepəˈreɪʃn]
Definition
(noun.) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; 'how can I make amends'.
(noun.) (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; 'Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I'.
(noun.) compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; 'an act for which there is no reparation'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.
(n.) The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Restoration, renewal, REPAIR.[2]. Redress, indemnification, amends, atonement, restitution, compensation, satisfaction.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restoration, repair, restitution, compensation, satisfaction, amends,indemnification, atonement
ANT:Injury, Impairment, deterioration, waste, wear, defective, damnification
Typist: Thaddeus
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.
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Examples
- Might not that woman, by her labour, have made the reparation ordained by God in paying fourfold? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then I shall acknowledge it and make him reparation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I endure without murmuring, because it is appointed that I shall so make reparation for my sins. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I will support him, and, if need be, require reparation for him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am quite sure,' repeated Sissy, 'that it is the only reparation in your power, sir. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Crispin, I have wronged you, but made reparation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Lizzie and my reparation before all! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We have _more_ than the rights of common men;--we have the claim of an injured race for reparation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Semitic peoples, we may point out here, are to this day _counting peoples_ strong in their sense of equivalents and reparation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You ask her to kneel at this bedside and be married to you, that your reparation may be complete. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is easy for him to talk of reparation, fresh from journeying and junketing in foreign lands, and living a life of vanity and pleasure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Produce your reparation. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- These were great concessions;but where Marianne felt that she had injured, no reparation could be too much for her to make. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I _don't_ like the term “reparation,” sir, except as a lever in the hands of counsel. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I acknowledge I have wronged you deeply, and cannot palliate my conduct, but I can and will make reparation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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