reparation
noun/ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.
- borrowed from reparatio
Definitions
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.
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
- the reparation of a bridge or of a highway
- 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.
The neighborhood
- neighborrepair
- neighborreparative
- neighbormicroreparations
- neighborwar reparations
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for reparation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA