Sekirov Dictionary

reparative

/ɹɪˈpɛəɹətɪv/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Tending to or intended to repair.
- Men shal giue the patient medicines confortatiue and reparatiue, that restore the spirites, and bringeth them againe. — 1582
•
Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.
- […] social media was ablaze for days in anticipation of this month’s Atlantic cover story arguing in favor of reparative payments to African-Americans for state-sanctioned slavery and segregation. — 2014

noun1

•
(rare) That which repairs.
- It is better to lay out a little more money on a good job of plumbing at the start, than to be obliged to continually lay out money for reparatives on a poor job. — 1891

forms

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