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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. to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for: to redress a grievance. 2. to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance). 3. to make compensation to (a person) for a wrong. n. 4. the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure: to seek redress of grievances.