reparation

See also: réparation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reparatio, reparationis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reparation (countable and uncountable, plural reparations)

(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
  
  I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: MSV Ontario:
  Biotic Leader: So how about if I kill Chairman Burns and finish this charade?
  Chairman Burns: Please! I was trying to help you people!
  Shepard: Let's not do anything we're all going to regret.
  Biotic Leader: Why not? What have we got to lose?
  Biotic Leader: Since the chairman here decided we didn't get reparations, we've got nothing left to live for!
  Chairman Burns: But I've changed my mind! Seeing y-you all, it's c-clear that you all d-deserve...
  Biotic Leader: You had your chance! Some L2s are nearly crippled from side effects of the implants, but you voted against reparations!
(archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
the reparation of a bridge or of a highway
- 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
  The church at Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and being awkward about this, I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday.

Synonyms

(a payment): restitution, compensation, amends, satisfaction
(a renewing): restoration, repair

Related terms

Translations

payment to compensate for transgressions

Bulgarian: обезщетение (bg) n (obezštetenie), репарация (bg) f (reparacija)
Catalan: reparació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賠償／赔偿 (zh) (péicháng), 補償／补偿 (zh) (bǔcháng)
Czech: reparace f
Dutch: herstelbetaling (nl) f
Finnish: korvaus (fi)
French: réparation (fr) f
German: Reparation (de) f, Entschädigung (de) f, Wiedergutmachung (de) f
Greek: επανόρθωση (el) f (epanórthosi), αποζημίωση (el) f (apozimíosi)
Hungarian: jóvátétel (hu), kártalanítás (hu), kártérítés (hu), kárpótlás (hu)
Japanese: 補償 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 賠償 (ja) (ばいしょう, baishō), 償い (つぐない, tsugunai)
Latin: clārigātiō f
Maori: moni whakaea, utu whakaea
Portuguese: reparação (pt) f
Russian: репара́ция (ru) f (reparácija) (for war transgressions), компенса́ция (ru) f (kompensácija), возмеще́ние (ru) n (vozmeščénije)
Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh
Spanish: reparación (es) f
Thai: ค่าปฏิกรรม
Turkish: tazminat (tr), reparasyon

renewing or restoring

Bulgarian: поправка (bg) f (popravka), възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane)
Finnish: korjaus (fi), korjaaminen (fi)
German: Reparatur (de) f
Greek: επιδιόρθωση (el) f (epidiórthosi), αποκατάσταση (el) f (apokatástasi)
Hungarian: javítás (hu), helyreállítás (hu), rendbehozatal, rendbe hozás, újjáépítés (hu)
Japanese: 修理 (ja) (しゅうり, shūri), 修復 (ja) (しゅうふく, shūfuku), 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku)
Kazakh: репарация (reparasiä), төлем (tölem)
Portuguese: reparo (pt) m, reparação (pt) f
Romanian: reparare (ro), reparație (ro)
Russian: репара́ция (ru) f (reparácija)
Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh m
Spanish: reparación (es) f
Thai: ปฏิกรรม

Anagrams

Praetorian, Prætorian, praetorian, prætorian

Swedish

Etymology

reparera +‎ -tion

Noun

reparation c

a repair (mending something broken)

Declension

Declension of reparation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	reparation	reparationen	reparationer	reparationerna
Genitive	reparations	reparationens	reparationers	reparationernas

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