reparation
noun
[ ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.
• "the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim"
Similar:
amends,
restitution,
redress,
compensation,
recompense,
repayment,
atonement,
indemnification,
indemnity,
damages,
solatium,
• the action of repairing something.
• "the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin reparatio(n- ), from reparare ‘make ready again’ (see repair1).
