REPARATION


Meaning of REPARATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌre-pə-ˈrā-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English reparacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin reparation-, reparatio, from Latin reparare

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : a repairing or keeping in repair

b. plural : repairs

2.

a. : the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury

b. : something done or given as amends or satisfaction

3. : the payment of damages : indemnification ; specifically : compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation — usually used in plural

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.