Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reparation \Rep`a*ra"tion\ (-r?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]paration, L.
   reparatio. See {Repair} to mend.]
   1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of
      being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge
      or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.
      --Arbuthnot.

   2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or
      compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing
      done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.

Source : WordNet®

reparation
     n 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 [syn: {repair},
         {fix}, {fixing}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}]
     4: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I
        make amends" [syn: {amends}]