Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reparation

4 senses of reparation

Sense 1
reparation -- (compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation")
       => compensation -- (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))

Sense 2
reparation -- ((usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I")
       => compensation -- (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))

Sense 3
repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation -- (the act of putting something in working order again)
       => improvement -- (the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property")

Sense 4
reparation, amends -- (something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends")
       => expiation, atonement, propitiation -- (the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity))

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