1. Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
   "how can I make reparation";
   - amends
    
2. Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
   "an act for which there is no reparation"
    
3. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
   "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"
    
4. [archaic] The act of putting something in working order again
   "The reparation of the broken fence took all afternoon";
   - repair, fix, fixing, mend, mending

Derived forms: reparations

Type of: atonement, compensation, expiation, improvement, propitiation

Encyclopedia: Reparation