Myesha Marie Langrey
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Reparation etymology:
(i) Anglo-Norman reparacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reparacion, reparation (French reparation) redemption (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman), the action of repairing or restoring (1310; also in spec. use in plural ‘repairs or restoration work’; also in figurative use), recompense for an injury, injustice, etc. (1407; 1918 in spec. use in plural in sense 3c), action of putting right a bad situation (1418),
and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin reparation-, reparatio restoration, repairs (4th cent.), spiritual renewal, salvation, redemption (5th cent.) < classical Latin reparāt-, past participial stem of reparāre repair v.2 + ‑iō ‑ion suffix1.
Meanings:
1. An act of replacing or fixing parts of an object or structure in order to keep it in repair, or of restoring an object or structure to good condition by making repairs. Also: a part that has been repaired.
2. The action of repairing a damaged, worn, or faulty object or structure by replacing or fixing parts; the fact or process of keeping something in good condition in this way; maintenance, upkeep.
3. Restoration of something to good or proper condition, position, or level, compensating for deterioration or decline; an instance of this.
—OED