Standard Lemma guide

reparation

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH2 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural-normally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amends, compensation, restitution, satisfaction, acquittal, assyth, bote, indemnification, indemnity, mends, quittal, recompensation, recompense, redress, relief, remuneration, reparation, requital, requite

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the reparation of a bridge or of a highway

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repair, restoration

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • how can I make amends

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amends

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expiation, atonement, propitiation

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of putting something in working order again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: improvement

Narrower terms: darning, patching, care, maintenance, upkeep, band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky, restoration, reconstruction, restitution

5

noun

Meaning 5

(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compensation

6

noun

Meaning 6

compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an act for which there is no reparation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compensation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin reparatus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnisbor. English reparation Borrowed from Latin reparātiō, reparātiōnis.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обезщете́ние (obezšteténie) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Bulgarian: репара́ция (reparácija) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Catalan: reparació — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賠償 /赔偿 (péicháng) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 補償 /补偿 (bǔcháng) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Czech: reparace — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Dutch: herstelbetaling — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Finnish: korvaus — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • French: réparation — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • German: Reparation — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • German: Entschädigung — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • German: Wiedergutmachung — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Greek: επανόρθωση (epanórthosi) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Greek: αποζημίωση (apozimíosi) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Hindi: क्षतिपूर्ति (kṣatipūrti) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Hungarian: jóvátétel — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Hungarian: kártalanítás — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Hungarian: kártérítés — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Hungarian: kárpótlás — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Japanese: 補償 (hoshō) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Japanese: 賠償 (baishō) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Japanese: 償い (tsugunai) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Kazakh: репарация (reparasiä) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Kazakh: төлем (tölem) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Korean: 보상 (bosang) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Korean: 배상 (baesang) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Latin: clārigātiō — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Māori: moni whakaea — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Māori: utu whakaea — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Portuguese: reparação — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Russian: репара́ция (reparácija) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Russian: компенса́ция (kompensácija) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Russian: возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Spanish: reparación — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Thai: ค่าปฏิกรรม — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Turkish: tazminat — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Turkish: reparasyon — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Ukrainian: репара́ція (reparácija) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Ukrainian: компенса́ція (kompensácija) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Ukrainian: відшкодува́ння (vidškoduvánnja) — payment to compensate for transgressions
  • Bulgarian: попра́вка (poprávka) — renewing or restoring
  • Bulgarian: възстановя́ване (vǎzstanovjávane) — renewing or restoring
  • Finnish: korjaus — renewing or restoring
  • Finnish: korjaaminen — renewing or restoring
  • German: Reparatur — renewing or restoring
  • Greek: επιδιόρθωση (epidiórthosi) — renewing or restoring
  • Greek: αποκατάσταση (apokatástasi) — renewing or restoring
  • Hungarian: javítás — renewing or restoring
  • Hungarian: helyreállítás — renewing or restoring
  • Hungarian: rendbehozatal — renewing or restoring
  • Hungarian: rendbe hozás — renewing or restoring
  • Hungarian: újjáépítés — renewing or restoring
  • Japanese: 修理 (shūri) — renewing or restoring
  • Japanese: 修復 (shūfuku) — renewing or restoring
  • Japanese: 回復 (kaifuku) — renewing or restoring
  • Middle English: reformacioun — renewing or restoring
  • Portuguese: reparo — renewing or restoring
  • Portuguese: reparação — renewing or restoring
  • Romanian: reparare — renewing or restoring
  • Romanian: reparație — renewing or restoring
  • Russian: восстановле́ние (vosstanovlénije) — renewing or restoring
  • Russian: ремо́нт (remónt) — renewing or restoring
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh — renewing or restoring
  • Spanish: reparación — renewing or restoring
  • Thai: ปฏิกรรม — renewing or restoring
  • Turkish: tamir — renewing or restoring
  • Ottoman Turkish: تعمیر (taʼmir) — renewing or restoring
  • Ottoman Turkish: مرمت (meremet) — renewing or restoring