different between repairs vs reparation

English

Pronunciation

Noun

repairs

1. plural of repair

Verb

repairs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repair

Anagrams

• Rapiers, aspirer, pairers, parries, praiser, rapiers, raspier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reparatio, reparationis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reparation (countable and uncountable, plural reparations)

1. (usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).

   • I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.

2. (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

   the reparation of a bridge or of a highway

   • 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

     The church at Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and being awkward about this, I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday.

Synonyms

• (a payment): restitution, compensation, amends, satisfaction
• (a renewing): restoration, repair

Related terms

• repair
• reparative

Translations

See also

• war reparations

Anagrams

• Praetorian, Prætorian, praetorian, prætorian

Swedish

Etymology

reparera +? -tion

Noun

reparation c

1. a repair (mending something broken)

Declension