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means Compensation paid or made to put right a past wrong or injury — repairing damage through money, goods, or action rather than words alone.

from From Latin 'reparare' — 're-' (again) plus 'parare' (to prepare, make ready) — the same root that gives us 'repair.' It entered English through French in the late Middle Ages meaning simply the act of mending or restoring something broken. The sense narrowed over time into its grimmer modern use: nations paying for the damage of wars, or restitution owed for historical injustice — the word's gentle carpentry of 'fixing things' pressed into service for debts far harder to settle than a broken wall.