reparation
/ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun C1- A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
Plural reparations
From the library
“Can you not make reparation?
“What reparation can I make?”
“Then reparation is still within your power,” said Sherlock Holmes.
“If it be so,” replied the magistrate, “rely upon every reparation being made; meanwhile, I am the bearer of an order of arrest, and although I most reluctantly perform the task assigned me, it must, nevertheless, be fulfilled.
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