reparations, damages, and indemnification
English translation: see explanation
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11 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1My 2 cents.... Explanation: "Reparation" is the process of making amends, but there is another dictionary definition which is probably more appropriate in your case: it is "compensation exacted as an imdemnity from a defeated nation by the victors". To indemnify a country, on the other hand, means to restore a country (in this case) to the condition it was in before it suffered the losses of war (indemnity is an insurance term). The damages are quite simply the costs and expenses incurred through war, it's referring strictly to the financial aspect. This is how I see it - hope that helps! :-) Collins Dictionary and the recesses of my brain! :-) |
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12 mins confidence:
from Black's Explanation: damages = very broad term for a pecuniary compensation for a loss or injury; reparation = payment for an injury or damage; in particular, payment made by one country to another for damages during war; indemnification = in corporate law, the practice by which corporations pay expenses of officers or directors who are named as defendants in litigation relating to corporate affairs Hope that helps! JK Black's Law Dictionary |
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14 mins confidence:
indemnification similar to reparations Explanation: 82. Robinson, Nehemiah. Indemnification and reparations: fourth supplement: the working and the results of the German reparation. New York: damages - I understand to be the assessment of the negative impact while reparations and indemnification are methods of paying back or trying to repair the negative impact (damage) two German companies during WWII. Relying on customary international law and German civil law, the plaintiffs sought: 1) damages or ... I am not a lawyer Reference: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/holocaust_era_assets/b... Reference: http://www.asil.org/ilib/ilib0230.htm |
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50 mins confidence:
Agree with others but there may be nuances . . . Explanation: => reparation sounds to me to have an inkling of being repatriated, that is the damages paid out to external party/country. => indemnify sounds to me as if somebody/something is protected from claims. => damages sounds to me as the most basic vocabulary to described harm done. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-23 14:01:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- to describe. always so careless. |
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19 hrs confidence:
in your context Explanation: Reparation here means a return for something lost or suffered, usually through the fault of another (as in war reparations). Whereas indemnification specifically means 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. So reparation is something more general stressing on the 'action' itself while indemnification is more to the 'payment' of the damages. Damages,in connection with indemnification and reparations, means compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injury. I'm not really sure about this 'damages', but I think it is something like indemnification except that it's imposed by the law (indemnification that is imposed by the law). I think 'damages' is only limited to compensation in money while indemnification could be in the form of materials also. Reference: http://www.m-w.com |
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