Reparation Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of REPARATION

1

reparations

[plural]

:

money that a country or group that loses a war pays because of the damage, injury, deaths, etc., it has caused

• The country paid millions in reparations.

2

formal

:

something that is done or given as a way of correcting a mistake that you have made or a bad situation that you have caused

[noncount]

• They've offered no apologies and seem to have no thoughts of reparation.

[plural]

• She says she's sorry and wants to make reparations.