new to compression

I have a song where there is only one spot that is particularly loud. What is the best way to compress that spot so I can bring up the volume for the whole song?

What I usually do is cut out right before and after just the spot that's loud and pull the volume down for that little piece. If you grab the top line of the piece of audio and pull down it takes down the volume of just that part. I'm horrible at explaining but hopefully you got it. cam

by "cut out" do you mean split? That makes sense but otherwise I don't want to remove any of the audio.

I think the other poster meant,"Split" the section into a block and then lower the block volume using the small line at the top of the block when you hover your mouse.This is good for a single section volume adjustment but if you need more then click on the Trm button on the track and choose the volume box.Then you can adjust the volumes,among other things,by automation.It's worth getting to know this technique in Reaper as it's a very powerful tool.