reparation

noun

1. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable)A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).

   “I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.”

   “A feature of locomotive operation on the Region de l'Est of the French National Railways, not only on the old Alsace-Lorraine lines, but also on the Est proper, is the wide use still made of ex-German engines received as reparations after the 1914-19 war.”

2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

   “the reparation of a bridge or of a highway”

   “The church at Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and being awkward about this, I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday.”