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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.
noun atonement, punishment, penalty, reparation, expiation, sackcloth and ashes, self-punishment, self-mortification carrying out acts of penance for his sins The penance imposed on him proved light. do penance atone, suffer, make amends, make reparation, accept punishment, show contrition, mortify yourself He is doing penance for a lifetime of crime.