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reparations

reparations is the plural of reparation.

Meaning of reparation

Noun

reparation (countable and uncountable, plural reparations)

  1. (plural-normally) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
    • I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
    • the reparation of a bridge or of a highway
    Synonyms:
    repair, restoration

Phrases with reparations

Questions about reparations

What is reparations the plural of?
Reparations is the plural of reparation.

Words near reparations in the dictionary

  1. reparating
  2. reparation
  3. reparational
  4. reparationist
  5. reparationists
  6. reparations
  7. reparative
  8. reparative therapies
  9. reparative therapy
  10. reparatively
  11. reparatives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reparations (page history and authors); reparation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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