reparation
A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgressionA payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Do you support reparations for slavery?
Unterstützen Sie Reparationen für Sklaverei? — al_ex_an_der
Ты поддерживаешь идею выплат компенсаций за рабство? — Karok
al_ex_an_der · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, usually plural, uncountable)A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
Reparation, Entschädigung, Wiedergutmachung
репара́цияreparácija, компенса́цияkompensácija, возмеще́ниеvozmeščénije
репара́ціяreparácija, компенса́ціяkompensácija, відшкодува́нняvidškoduvánnja
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
the reparation of a bridge or of a highway
Reparatur
восстановле́ниеvosstanovlénije, ремо́нтremónt
- something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
- (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
- compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
- the act of putting something in working order again
Examples
5 sentencesDo you support reparations for slavery?
ruТы поддерживаешь идею выплат компенсаций за рабство? — Karok
deUnterstützen Sie Reparationen für Sklaverei? — al_ex_an_der
The reparations we received after the war were abysmal.
Victims of crimes of war and crimes against humanity deserve recognition and reparation.
America owes the descendants of enslaved people reparations for their as-yet-unpaid labor.
They'll pay reparations.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.
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Forms
plural: reparations| Singular | reparation |
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Synonyms
26 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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