Reparation is an English word with synonyms like compensation or atonement. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Reparation meaning
- A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
- The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
Synonyms of Reparation
Using Reparation
- The main meaning on this page is: A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). | The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
- Useful related words include: compensation, atonement, expiation, amends.
- In the example corpus, reparation often appears in combinations such as: of reparation, reparation for, the reparation.
Context around Reparation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reparation
- In this selection, "reparation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, federal, cultural, develop, history, policy and proposals stand out and add context to how "reparation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include justice and reparation and a federal reparation policy directed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reparation" sits close to words such as adl, alphabets and anarchism, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reparation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are: denunciation, deterrence, separation, rehabilitation, reparation, and offender-victim-community restoration. (12 words)
Do you support a federal reparation policy directed at the descendants of slaves? (13 words)
According to Bradford, the Governor’s Office expressed some concerns over his reparation’s bills. (15 words)
For those not near one of the stops, the Blue Army urges people to join in by making a Holy Hour of reparation to the Heart of Jesus on their own, or a church can host a “” vigil of reparation for the parish community. (44 words)
Jamaican Patrick Robinson, who is a judge of the United Nations’ court, the International Court of Justice, who wrote the introduction to the paper, said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation for transatlantic slavery. (42 words)
In Blackpool’s case, West agrees with Bowers that a symbolic cultural reparation could mean the visible inclusion of South Shore’s Romany history “in the public space, memory and heritage of the town as well as an acknowledgement of wrongs”. (41 words)
Do you support a federal reparation policy directed at the descendants of slaves? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
For those not near one of the stops, the Blue Army urges people to join in by making a Holy Hour of reparation to the Heart of Jesus on their own, or a church can host a “” vigil of reparation for the parish community.
Bruce asked Terrell what he thought about crime being seen as reparation during the George Floyd protests and if that’s what Democrats believe is now the new normal for fairness.
Families in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen persevere in their struggle for justice, truth and reparation for their disappeared loved ones.
In February, the aristocratic Trevelyan family made reparation history by travelling to the Caribbean and publicly apologising.
Jamaican Patrick Robinson, who is a judge of the United Nations’ court, the International Court of Justice, who wrote the introduction to the paper, said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation for transatlantic slavery.
Since then, Lira has embarked on a long journey of fighting for truth, justice and reparation.
The current state of Colorado’s wolf plan is in desperate need of reparation, with the necessary goal of achieving a fulfilled self-sustaining population of wolves to Colorado.
Under international law, victims of human rights violations have a right to adequate, prompt, and effective access to remedies and reparation.
According to Bradford, the Governor’s Office expressed some concerns over his reparation’s bills.
Do you support a federal reparation policy directed at the descendants of slaves?
In Blackpool’s case, West agrees with Bowers that a symbolic cultural reparation could mean the visible inclusion of South Shore’s Romany history “in the public space, memory and heritage of the town as well as an acknowledgement of wrongs”.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England who noted that reparation is not necessarily an act of compensation, said the impact of the fund will be guided closely by an oversight committee that advises the Church.
Let me make reparation for, and intercede for, all those who do not know you or the joy of experiencing your love and forgiveness.
Ms. Holder, currently President of the Equal Justice Society, recently completed her two-year term as an appointee of Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.
Set in a speculative America, readers navigate a world where the government has approved reparation payments for Black Americans, but only if they can prove they are descended from slaves.
Several reparation bills moving through the state Legislature could help Californians of color who believe their land was taken against their will with racist intent to finally get restitution.
The initiative provides formal and non-formal education as a form of reparation for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and their children.
The Vatican statement said the Peruvian bishops joined Francis in “seeking the forgiveness of the victims” while calling on the troubled movement to initiate a journey of justice and reparation.
They are: denunciation, deterrence, separation, rehabilitation, reparation, and offender-victim-community restoration.
Brosas, whose party-list Gabriela has protected the interest of wartime Filipino “comfort women” in the past, agreed with the agency in that the Japan reparation assets must not be sold.
Common combinations with reparation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of reparation 11×
- reparation for 11×
- the reparation 11×
- and reparation 10×
- reparation of 7×
- reparation to 6×
- reparation and 5×
- reparation payments 5×
- to reparation 4×
- make reparation 3×