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reparation (Noun) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s). reparation (Noun) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway. Origin: From reparationem, from reparatio.
1 The claim for reparations is not against white Americans or even individual Americans. 2  It is a claim against American government and society, which has continued from the time of slavery. 3  As all members of society share in society's benefits, they also must share the burdens in the form of taxation.