Sentence:  The offering of <WSD>redress</WSD> and reparations to Japanese Americans was a significant step in the proliferation of a <WSD>redress</WSD> and reparation norm. As previously stated, <WSD>redress</WSD> had previously been focused on transitional justice, providing criminal, legislative, and reparatory justice following a shift from an authoritarian regime to a democratic regime. Providing <WSD>redress</WSD> and reparation to a victimized group in a country that did not undergo a regime change, and in fact was a major world power, created a tipping point for reparation politics. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; "hence", indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.