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Antonyms for reparations

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rep-uh-rey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp əˈreɪ ʃən


Definition of reparations

Origin :
  • late 14c., "reconciliation," from Old French reparacion and directly from Late Latin reparationem (nominative reparatio) "act of repairing, restoration," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reparare "restore, repair" (see repair (v.1)). Meaning "act of repairing or mending" is attested from c.1400. Reparations "compensation for war damaged owed by the aggressor" is attested from 1921, with reference to Germany, from French réparations (1919).
  • noun compensation, amends
Example sentences :
  • What reparations, and subsidies, and contributions he is put to, besides his rent!
  • Extract from : « Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions » by John Donne
  • This year a subsidy was granted, for the reparations of London bridge.
  • Extract from : « The Survey of London » by John Stow
  • Hence I may be permitted to mention the Commission on Reparations.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII » by Various
  • And between the remitting of a punishment, and the remitting of reparations of my loss.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • She needs his work for reparations, for indemnities, for coal.
  • Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell
  • The Reparations Commission has only succeeded in proving its incompetence.
  • Extract from : « Psycho-Phone Messages » by Francis Grierson
  • Linked up with it also is that deep and grave problem of reparations.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Liberalism » by Various
  • It was a mistake to compel Germany to sign a blank check in the matter of reparations.
  • Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour
  • We were born rich; we revel in the "reparations" that our fathers wrung from a conquered Nature.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
  • Some recognition of this fact appears in the great powers to adjust terms which have been vested in the Reparations Committee.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

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