REPARA'TION, noun 1. That act of repairing; restoration to soundness or a good state; as the reparation of a bridge or of a highway. 2. Supply of what is wasted; as the reparation of decaying health or strength after disease or exhaustion. 3. Amends; indemnification for loss or damage. A loss may be too great for reparation 4. Amends; satisfaction for injury. I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
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