reparation
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6.8
- noun
- /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/
:
reparación
- I must make reparation for what I have done.
- reparations for victims
- reparation for their suffering
- make reparations
Now, you talk about reparations as one way to address it.
- Now, you talk about reparations as one way to address it.
- And she couldn't get past the fact that, no, what he wanted was reparations for blacks.
- For example, I have a an idea for slavery reparations.
- I think every single one of these universities needs to make reparations.
- And I personally don't think there should be reparations for the slave trade because it was so long ago.
- They want to promote this because they've got their hand out saying we need climate reparations for being harmed.
- They whatever they hadn't destroyed on the way in, they took with them on the way out for reparations because, you know, they had every right to do that.
- So that would be so the the acknowledgement of the insult and then also treatment for it as reparations.
- We live in a country where people are talking about reparations for slavery when there's actual slavery still in this country.
Examples
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Reparations must be made.
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Do they owe reparations or remedies to affected groups?
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Let what remains of it serve only to make reparation for the guilt of sin.
Academic text (2004) -
This is a first step in making reparation... ...towards those whose art was unlawfully taken from them.
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Third, it provided the rationale for victims to claim reparation for violations of their human rights.
Academic text (1991) -
They can pay reparations to victims.
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From these funds, reparations of $ 1 million will be paid... to each of the 83 marines' families.
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However, it was also found that self-blame often led people to make amends or reparations.
Academic text (1995) -
There have been no reparations for the abuse our people suffered, building the railroads in the 1860s.
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The company agreed to pay financial reparation to the workers affected by the accident.
Synonyms
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3.6
Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury
90
3.8
An action that corrects a mistake or bad situation
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1.0
Something done or given to return help and make up for harm
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4.0
Money paid back to someone for costs they paid
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6.9
Giving back something lost or paying money for damage
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7.5
A way to make things right after doing something wrong
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3.9
Something given or done that makes a person feel their complaint is solved
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7.6
An action or money that corrects a wrong
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6.3
Money paid to someone for a real loss or injury caused by another
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9.3
To do something to make up for a wrong and show you are sorry
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8.2
Something, usually money, given to reward effort or to make up for loss
Actions or money given to make up for harm someone caused
An action that fixes a wrong by giving help or money to the person harmed
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Morphology
Etymology
Reparation in the sense of making amends comes from the idea of 'repairing' a wrong: Latin re- 'again' plus parare 'to make ready', like repair, so giving a reparation is an action or payment meant to 'fix' a hurt and make things right.