12. Reparations defined

Just how are reparations defined? According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, reparations are:

• The act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury.
• Something done or given as amends or satisfaction.

The payment of damages, indemnification specifically, compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation.