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• n  compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
  an act for which there is no reparation
• n  (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
  Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I
• n  the act of putting something in working order again
• n  something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• Itlay has agreed to pay a huge amount in reparation to Libya for all the injustices done to Libya during Italian rule.
• Said he: "I regard this plan as complimentary to the Dawes reparation plan.
• The report urged the government to apologize and make reparation to the people affected by removals, whom the media dubbed the "stolen generations.

• repair
• fix
• fixing
• fixture
• mend
• mending
• amends

News & Articles

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• Ilias Sourdis: UK Compensates Kenyan Torture Victims, Boosts Greece's Hope For WWII German Reparations
  While we are congratulating both the Kenyan victims for their huge victory and the British government for its courage to apologize for its actions and compensate the victims, we wish this case to serve as a strong precedent for the unsettled Greek WWII pending reparations cases.
  June 9, 2013 - The Huffington Post

Quotes

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• Raymond Burke in Guardian Unlimited
  Burke said in an interview Tuesday that he ordered the priest to appear before him for a "canonical admonition" to make Bozek recognize the "serious wrongs he has done, withdraw from them and make reparation."
• Morgan Tsvangirai in AFP
  In addition to the three principles of truth, justice and forgiveness, we must openly discuss the issue of reparation,Tsvangirai said.
• Ban Ki-moon in Reuters
  Ban told a news conference, however: "I intend to seek reparation of loss or damage incurred by the UN" Apart from losses of some $29,000 caused by Palestinian rocket fire at a UN warehouse, the report ascribed all the damage to Israel.