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.]
- Indo-European root: tolkw-
- Indo-European root: tong-
- Indo-European root: treb-
- Indo-European root: trei-
- Indo-European root: trep-
- Indo-European root: treud-
- Indo-European root: tu-
- Indo-European root: ud-
- Indo-European root: uks-en-
- Indo-European root: uper
- Indo-European root: upo
- Indo-European root: wal-
- Indo-European root: wap-
- Indo-European root: we-
- Indo-European root: webh-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: weg-
- Indo-European root: wegh-
- Indo-European root: wei-
- Indo-European root: weid-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weip-