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Reparation, is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service or the return of stolen property (restitution), these being types of reparation which might be described as practical or material. The term can also be used to describe more intangible outcomes, as where an offender makes an apology to a victim and provides some reassurance that the offence will not be repeated, thus repairing the psychological harm suffered by the victim as a result of the crime, State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392.

Mean 'Payment for an injury or damage; redress for a wrong done, several states have adopted the Uniform Crime Victims Reparation Act, certain federal statutes also provide for reparation for violation of the Act; especially persons suffering losses because of violations of the Commodity Futures Trading Act may seek reparation under the Act against the violator. Pay-ment made by one country to another for damages during war (Black's Law Dictionary), State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392.

Means the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service or the return of stolen property (restitution), there being types of reparation which might be described as practical or material. The term can also be used to describe more intangible outcomes, as where an offender makes an apology to a victim and provides some reassurance that the offence will not be repeated, thus repairing the psychological harm suffered by the victim as a result of the crime, State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, AIR 1998 SC 3164.

Means payment for an injury or damages, redress for a wrong done, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1301.

Reparation, the act of making aments form a wrong; compensation for injury or wrong esp. for war time damage or branch of informational obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.