(n): something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
(n): (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
(n): something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
(n): the act of putting something in working order again
(n): the act of improving something
(n): something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
(n): the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
