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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Even now, many Black residents of Tulsa are left wondering why the reckoning represented by the Department of Justice investigation is not joined by substantive reparations of any sort.
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
Decades later, Congress issued formal apologies and provided reparations, acknowledging the injustices faced by those affected.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Since then, Ukraine has tried to gain international support for its own 10-point Peace Formula, which demands a full withdrawal of Russian forces, the prosecution of war crimes and the payment of reparations.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the same debates accompanying discussions of slavery reparations in greater society permeate the order as well: Some feel a moral urgency while others criticize the effort as unfairly burdening the entities of today or suggesting the order’s ongoing work with the poor should suffice.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
Decades later, Congress issued formal apologies and provided reparations, acknowledging the injustices faced by those affected.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Since then, Ukraine has tried to gain international support for its own 10-point Peace Formula, which demands a full withdrawal of Russian forces, the prosecution of war crimes and the payment of reparations.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the same debates accompanying discussions of slavery reparations in greater society permeate the order as well: Some feel a moral urgency while others criticize the effort as unfairly burdening the entities of today or suggesting the order’s ongoing work with the poor should suffice.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Reparation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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