as in damages
payment to another for a loss or injury
the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land
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And what about the thousands of Native Californians who were dispossessed—of their lives as well as the land—but never offered reparations?
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Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
The perception that a foreign policy that privileges diplomacy is weak stems from a misunderstanding—namely, the idea that diplomacy seeks to end conflicts without demanding reparations or accountability, thereby seeding future conflicts.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
Vanuatu and the Melanesian Spearhead Group opened the hearings with a legal argument that countries with major greenhouse gas emissions should pay reparations for the damages of climate change.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
For Cropper, a Black resident of New Haven and producer of the Yale documentary, the documentary and proposed resolution opens up the conversation about education as a necessary form of reparations.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
The perception that a foreign policy that privileges diplomacy is weak stems from a misunderstanding—namely, the idea that diplomacy seeks to end conflicts without demanding reparations or accountability, thereby seeding future conflicts.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
Vanuatu and the Melanesian Spearhead Group opened the hearings with a legal argument that countries with major greenhouse gas emissions should pay reparations for the damages of climate change.
—Jon McGowan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
For Cropper, a Black resident of New Haven and producer of the Yale documentary, the documentary and proposed resolution opens up the conversation about education as a necessary form of reparations.
—Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Reparation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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