WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -reparations [ plural ] history specialized. payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for damages or expenses it caused to another nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -reparations, a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries. Reparations were levied on the Central Powers after World War I to compensate the Allies for some of their war costs.

Detailed explanation-3: -compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war: The U.S. government eventually disbursed reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned during World War II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reparations are the act or process of making amends for a wrong. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Adequate, effective and prompt reparation is intended to promote justice by redressing gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Detailed explanation-5: -War reparations are payments by one state to another (or, sometimes, in modern practice, to individuals) at the end of a conflict, intended to compensate for the damage and injury inflicted during the war.