Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to repair.
- adjective Relating to or of the nature of reparations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of effecting or tending to effect repair; restoring to a sound or good state; tending to amend defect or make good: as, a reparative process.
- Pertaining to reparation or the making of amends.
- noun That which restores to a good state; that which makes amends.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which repairs.
- adjective Repairing, or tending to repair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to or intended to
repair . - adjective Of, pertaining to, or being a
reparation . - noun That which repairs.
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Examples
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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They endorse the use of so-called "reparative therapy" to "change" the sexual orientation of their clients, despite the fact that this form of "therapy" has been rejected by every major professional medical organization including the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Counseling Association.
Wayne Besen: Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App Wayne Besen 2011
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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They endorse the use of so-called "reparative therapy" to "change" the sexual orientation of their clients, despite the fact that this form of "therapy" has been rejected by every major professional medical organization including the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Counseling Association.
Wayne Besen: Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App Wayne Besen 2011
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They endorse the use of so-called "reparative therapy" to "change" the sexual orientation of their clients, despite the fact that this form of "therapy" has been rejected by every major professional medical organization including the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Counseling Association.
Wayne Besen: Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App Wayne Besen 2011
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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They endorse the use of so-called "reparative therapy" to "change" the sexual orientation of their clients, despite the fact that this form of "therapy" has been rejected by every major professional medical organization including the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Counseling Association.
Wayne Besen: Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App Wayne Besen 2011
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This healing process is energized by what Jean Sanville calls the reparative instinct.
Joseph Bobrow: Spirituality and the Road Home Joseph Bobrow 2011
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