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reparation

/ˌrepəˈreɪʃn/

C1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

Redress owed to a victim for a violation, encompassing compensation, restitution and rehabilitation.

The tribunal ordered full reparation for the victims of the atrocities.

Similar: redress

Topic: Human rights in Legal English

Business noun

Compensation paid to make amends for a wrong or injury.

The polluter agreed to pay reparations to the fishing cooperatives it had harmed.

Similar: compensation, amends, redress

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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