Synonyms of reparations

reparations

noun

plural of reparation

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• compensations
• restitutions
• indemnities
• reprisals
• satisfactions
• indemnifications
• punishments
• recoupments
• redresses
• remunerations
• recompenses
• reimbursements
• refunds
• settlements
• punitive damages
• amends
• repayments
• adjustments
• retaliations
• quittances
• atonements
• expiations
• requitals
• solatia

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of reparations

Then came the drive for reparations and restitution, which not only sought to compensate for the unimaginable suffering but also for the property seized by the Nazis. —Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024

And there’s a question of what justice or reparations might look like. —Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024

So California movements and legislative attempts to make reparations in land seem to make a lot of sense. —Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024

And what about the thousands of Native Californians who were dispossessed—of their lives as well as the land—but never offered reparations? —Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024

Many of the developing countries are looking to this opinion for retroactive reparations for climate change. —Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

For reparations to be made, there must be a clear wrongful party and a victim. —Jon McGowan, Forbes, 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

The proposal follows an effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves in California despite the state never having allowed slavery. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2024