reparation means A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
reparation is pronounced /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/.
Why “reparation” is a great word
The act of making amends for a wrong or injury, often through compensation or restoration. From Middle English reparacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin reparātiōn- (stem of reparātiō), from Latin reparāre ("to repair, restore"). Unlike compensation, which broadly offsets a loss, or restitution, which returns a specific property, reparation addresses the deeper, often moral, labor of healing a harm. It is the returned heirloom placed in trembling hands, the rebuilt bridge over a river of grievance, the unspoken apology that finally lands—the tangible and intangible work of mending a tear in the world's fabric, where the repair itself bears the visible memory of the break.
noun
- A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).e.g.“I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.”
- The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.e.g.“the reparation of a bridge or of a highway”