Associations to the word «Reparation»

Wiktionary

REPARATION, noun. (usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
REPARATION, noun. (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

Dictionary definition

REPARATION, noun. Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation".
REPARATION, noun. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I".
REPARATION, noun. The act of putting something in working order again.
REPARATION, noun. Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.