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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.
Paying reparations is a classic punishment of war but in this instance it was the extreme immoderation (History) that caused German resentment. Germany made its last World War I reparation payment on 3 October 2010, ninety-two years after the end of World War I.