/rep'euh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
2. Usually, reparations . compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war.
3. restoration to good condition.
4. repair 1 (def. 7).
[ 1350-1400; ME reparacion reparation- (s. of reparatio ), equiv. to L reparat ( us ) (ptp. of reparare to REPAIR 1 ; see -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1. indemnification, atonement, satisfaction, compensation. See redress. 3. renewal, renovation; repair.
Ant. 3. destruction.