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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.
repatriate vb (tr) 1. to send back (a refugee, prisoner of war, etc) to the country of his or her birth or citizenship 2. (Banking & Finance) to send back (a sum of money previously invested abroad) to its country of origin n a person who has been repatriated [C17: from Late Latin repatriÄre from Latin re- + patria fatherland; compare repair2] ...