REPARATION

n : Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it. REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian. REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin. Desirous to avoid the pains of Hell, You will repent and join the Church, Parnell? How needle !—Nick will keep you off the coals And add you to the woes of other souls. Jomater Abemy. 289