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noun (n)

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury(noun.possession)

  Example:
  An act for which there is no reparation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors(noun.possession)

  Example:
  Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of putting something in working order again(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair
  

  source: wordnet30
• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  amends
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913