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 reparations
In the United States, federal reparations legislation has stalled for decades.
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ABC News, 27 May 2026
Iran is demanding reparations for the war's damage, an end to the blockade and an immediate end to the fighting, including in Lebanon.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 May 2026
Venezuela is demanding information and reparations under international environmental law from its Caribbean neighbor, one of the region’s largest oil and gas producers.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The victims are asking the court to order comprehensive reparations, medical and psychological treatment, guarantees against future abuses and the permanent closure of El Helicoide.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And here there’s return, there’s repatriation, there’s ownership rights, reparations, and in some cases—very few cases—a temporary loan.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ukraine will only need to repay the loan if a future peace deal includes Russia paying reparations.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
The City of Chicago on Thursday kicked off bus tours as part of its new reparations initiative.
—Aida Mogos, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 27 May 2026
Iran is demanding reparations for the war's damage, an end to the blockade and an immediate end to the fighting, including in Lebanon.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 May 2026
Venezuela is demanding information and reparations under international environmental law from its Caribbean neighbor, one of the region’s largest oil and gas producers.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The victims are asking the court to order comprehensive reparations, medical and psychological treatment, guarantees against future abuses and the permanent closure of El Helicoide.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And here there’s return, there’s repatriation, there’s ownership rights, reparations, and in some cases—very few cases—a temporary loan.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ukraine will only need to repay the loan if a future peace deal includes Russia paying reparations.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
The City of Chicago on Thursday kicked off bus tours as part of its new reparations initiative.
—Aida Mogos, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reparations
Noun
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After an eight-week trial, a jury on Wednesday awarded the boys’ parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their younger brother, Zachary, $176 million in wrongful death and emotional distress damages.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Braun urged the jury to start at zero and go from there when computing any damages.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker and series creator whose prodigious busyness in terms of both workload and story approach has its compensations.—
Michael Phillips,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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“Reparations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparations. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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