as in damages
payment to another for a loss or injury
the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land
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Recent Examples of reparation
The bill was among several aimed at advancing the cause of reparations that Newsom vetoed on Monday.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The catching of a culprit—more than three decades after the fact, without forensic evidence or eyewitnesses—was heralded as an overdue reparation for police negligence and as a civil-rights milestone for Australia’s gay community.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Jackson uses his considerable fortune to pay reparation to the victims.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Oftentimes the justice system provides legal cover for this theft rather than any kind of meaningful reparation.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The catching of a culprit—more than three decades after the fact, without forensic evidence or eyewitnesses—was heralded as an overdue reparation for police negligence and as a civil-rights milestone for Australia’s gay community.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Jackson uses his considerable fortune to pay reparation to the victims.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Oftentimes the justice system provides legal cover for this theft rather than any kind of meaningful reparation.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reparation
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Jurors were also tasked with deciding whether Zwerner was negligent and caused any of her own damages; if so, she would be barred from recovering any money from Parker, the judge instructed the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is seeking over $135,000 in damages for her arrest.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Ultimately, the hotel did not profit from the ordeal after compensation was eventually given to those affected, investigators found.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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To be sure, Bastian’s current compensation package is about $27 million, but airline executives do sometimes have to travel coach when premium seats are sold out.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Wright faces a maximum sentence of nearly 30 years in prison and will have to pay at least $440,000 in restitution.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mocalkins was sentenced to 40 years in prison and must pay restitution to all the victims, prosecutors said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Reparation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparation. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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