reparation
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8.4
- noun
- /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
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reparaciones
- The current national debate about slavery, including the discussion of reparations, recognizes slavery's centrality in American history.
- war reparations
- German reparations
- reparation payments
Examples
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There are likely to be significant economic consequences, as the reparations debate makes clear.
Academic text (2004) -
Will OCP make reparations to the victims?
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Serious investigation of the war reparations and their impact must be completed.
Academic text (2001) -
We want peace, but without any reparations or loss of territory.
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First, reparations payments, on which no limit had yet been set, should be reduced.
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Some added claims for war reparations that the Germans did not and will not pay.
Academic text (2001) -
The amount of reparations to be paid by Hungary was finally settled in March 1924.
Academic text (1995) -
In many ways, the dilemmas and challenges in reparations are a microcosm of the overall challenges of transitional justice.
Academic text (2006) -
Iraq now faces a new millennium with astronomical war reparations payments, mounting debt, and a once-prosperous economy in ruins.
Academic text (2001) -
After the war, the country was obligated to pay reparations to those affected by its actions.
Synonyms
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3.6
Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury
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1.0
Something done or given to return help and make up for harm
49
4.0
Money paid back to someone for costs they paid
38
6.9
Giving back something lost or paying money for damage
15
7.6
An action or money that corrects a wrong
8
7.7
Money given to make up for loss, harm, or effort
5
6.3
Money paid to someone for a real loss or injury caused by another
2
8.8
Money that a person receives for loss, damage, or injury
1
8.2
Something, usually money, given to reward effort or to make up for loss
1
3.9
An amount of money paid to someone for loss or injury
Actions or money given to make up for harm someone caused
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reparations (the plural form) comes from the same Latin roots re- 'again' and parare 'to make ready', and was used for large actions to 'repair' harm, which is why reparations are payments a defeated country gives to 'fix' damage after a war.