Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - reparation

 noun  Etymology: Middle English reparacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~-, reparatio, from Latin reparare  Date: 14th century  1.  a. a repairing or keeping in repair  b. plural repairs  2.  a. the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury  b. something done or given as amends or satisfaction  3. the payment of damages ; indemnification; specifically compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation — usually used in plural