• noun:   something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
• noun:   (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

  Example: "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I"

• noun:   compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

  Example: "An act for which there is no reparation"

• noun:   the act of putting something in working order again

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