reparation
Noun
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Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury (synset 113313636)
"an act for which there is no reparation"is a type of: compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
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(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors (synset 113313413)
"Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than oneis a type of: compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
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The act of putting something in working order again (synset 100267650)
is a type of: improvement - the act of improving somethingsubtypes:
- darning - the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
- patching - the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it
- care, maintenance, upkeep - activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky - hurried repair
- restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
- reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again
- restitution - the act of restoring something to its original state
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Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong (synset 100096149)
"how can I make amends"is a type of: atonement, expiation, propitiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)same as: amends
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