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reparation

Compensation paid by countries that start wars in which they are defeated, as by Germany in both world wars. Iraq is required to pay reparations, under the terms of a United Nations resolution, after its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War.



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If reparation can be made to any one, if restitution can be made to any one, let us know it and make it.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
The reparation of a denial, is sometimes equal to the first grant; if a man show himself neither dejected nor discontented.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The ebb-tide, which had so cruelly delayed us, was now making reparation and delaying our assailants.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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