rep·a·ra·tion 
(rĕp′ə-rāshən)
(rĕp′ə-rāshən)n.
1. The act or process of making amends for a wrong.
2. Something done or money paid to make amends or compensate for a wrong.
3. reparations Compensation or remuneration, as for damage or economic loss, required from a nation defeated in war.
4. The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired.
[Middle English reparacion, from Old French, from Late Latin reparātiō, reparātiōn-, restoration, from Latin reparātus, past participle of reparāre, to repair; see REPAIR1.]