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reparations
 
Noun reparation has 4 senses
  1. reparation - compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"
    --1 is a kind of     compensation
    Derived form: verb repair2
  2. reparation - (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I"
    --2 is a kind of     compensation
  3. repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation - the act of putting something in working order again
    --3 is a kind of improvement
    --3 has particulars:
     darning; patching; care, maintenance, upkeep; band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky; restoration; reconstruction; restitution
    Derived form: verb repair1
  4. reparation, amends - something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"
    --4 is a kind of expiation, atonement, propitiation
    Derived forms: verb repair2, verb repair4
repairment repairring repairs repan repand reparability reparable reparation reparations reparative reparial reparian reparing reparring reparse repartee reparti

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