reparation

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/ UK /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
compensation made for a wrong or injury; the act of making amends

The treaty demanded heavy reparation from the defeated nation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · compensation made for a... compensation amends restitution redress indemnity atonement

Opposites

injury damage

Word family

Related forms repairreparativereparable

Etymology

From Old French reparation, from Late Latin reparatio ('restoration'), from reparare ('to restore'), from re- ('again') + parare ('to prepare').

reparatio Latin reparare Latin parare Latin

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Topics

Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

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# reparation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌrɛpəˈreɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. compensation made for a wrong or injury; the act of making amends

## Examples
- The treaty demanded heavy reparation from the defeated nation.

## Synonyms
- compensation
- amends
- restitution
- redress
- indemnity
- atonement

## Antonyms
- injury
- damage

## Related Forms
- repair
- reparative
- reparable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reparatio
- Root: reparare
- Root: parare

## Etymology
From Old French reparation, from Late Latin reparatio ('restoration'), from reparare ('to restore'), from re- ('again') + parare ('to prepare').

## AI Etymology
Reparation comes from Old French reparation, from Late Latin reparatio ('restoration'), from reparare ('to restore'), from re- ('again') + parare ('to prepare'). The historical chain includes Latin reparatio, Latin reparare, and Latin parare. Older glosses in the chain include "restoration", "to restore", "again", and "to prepare", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reparation is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "compensation made for a wrong or injury; the act of making amends". related forms include repair, reparative, and reparable. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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