06 November 2019
Word of the Day: Reparation
REPARATION. The act or fact of making amends. It implies an attempt
to restore things to their normal or sound conditions, as they were before something
wrong was done. It applies mainly to recompense for the losses sustained or
the harm caused by some morally bad action. With respect to God, it means making
up with greater love for the failure in love through sin; it means restoring what
was unjustly taken and compensating with generosity for the selfishness that
caused the jury. (Etym. Latin reparare, to prepare anew, restore.)
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