reparation

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If you guessed that reparation is related to the word repair, you were right. Both come from the Latin word meaning “to restore.” While reparation has a range of meanings, they all convey the sense of fixing or making up for a past wrong.

In contemporary usage, the plural form is more common than the singular. Victims of a crime, for example, may receive reparations from the perpetrators. A defeated nation may be forced to pay reparations to its victorious enemies. Many have suggested that the United States government should provide reparations to the descendants of slaves. The word almost always has legal or political connotations, and it conveys the sense of restitution — often expressed in money — for wrongdoing.

实用短语

1. war reparation

   战争赔款

2. dna reparation

   DNA修复

3. reparation payment

4. moral reparation

   精神赔偿

5. pecuniary reparation

   金钱赔偿

6. judicial reparation

   司法救助

7. reparation for damage

   损坏的恢复

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