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repair Definition

• (n) the act of putting something in working order again
• (n) a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
• (n) a frequently visited place
• (v) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
• (v) make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
• (v) move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
• (v) set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
• (v) give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

repair Synonyms

• amend
• animate
• bushel
• compensate
• doctor
• fix
• fixing
• fixture
• furbish up
• hangout
• haunt
• indemnify
• mend
• mending
• quicken
• reanimate
• recompense
• recreate
• rectify
• remediate
• remedy
• renovate
• repair
• reparation
• resort
• restore
• revive
• revivify
• stamping ground
• touch on
• vivify