REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it. (Ambrose Bierce)

REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.

Ambrose Bierce

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