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- pronunciation:
- re
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reI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury.
The teenager's parents insisted that he make reparation for breaking the neighbors' window.- similar words:
- amendment, compensation, offset, remedy, restitution, satisfaction
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| definition 2: |
a payment or award in the form of monetary compensation.
They were not satisfied with the reparation they received from the company.- similar words:
- compensation, damage, offset, penalty, restitution, satisfaction
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| definition 3: |
(usu. pl.) payment required of a defeated nation by the victors, for damages, alleged atrocities, or other injury.
Germany was forced to make reparations after World War I.- similar words:
- compensation, restitution
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| related words: |
amends, correction, punishment |
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