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Settlement vs Reparation - What's the difference?

settlement | reparation |

As nouns the difference between settlement and reparation

is that settlement is the state of being settled while reparation is a payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).

settlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.

    • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * settler

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement

    reparation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
  • * Dryden
    • I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
  • The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
    • the reparation of a bridge or of a highway

    Synonyms

    * (a payment) restitution, compensation, amends, satisfaction * (a renewing) restoration, repair

    See also

    * war reparations

    Anagrams

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