Noun
1. compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury;
"an act for which there is no reparation"2. (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors;
"Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I"3. the act of putting something in working order again
4. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
"how can I make amends"