reparation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
an act for which there is no reparation
Types & categories
- compensation hypernym
Related & opposite
- recompense derivation
Sense 2 noun
(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I
Types & categories
- compensation hypernym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Sense 3 noun
the act of putting something in working order again
Types & categories
- improvement hypernym
- darning hyponym
- patching hyponym
- maintenance hyponym
- quick fix hyponym
- restoration hyponym
- reconstruction hyponym
- restitution hyponym
Related & opposite
- fix derivation
Sense 4 noun
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
how can I make amends
Types & categories
- expiation hypernym
Related & opposite
- remedy derivation
- recompense derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | compensation |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | compensation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fix |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | darning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | maintenance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quick fix |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | restoration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconstruction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | restitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | expiation |