reparative
tending to repair; repairing; mending.
pertaining to or involving reparation.
Origin of reparative
1- Also re·par·a·to·ry [ri-par-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /rɪˈpær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.
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How to use reparative in a sentence
His reparative spell at the end of No Way Home, while saving the world, probably has wide-ranging effects that he feels responsible for.
5 big questions about Spider-Man: No Way Home’s game-changing ending | Alex Abad-Santos | December 20, 2021 | VoxThe Christian ‘reparative’ therapy group ruined the lives of untold numbers of gay people.
‘I Am Sorry’— Alan Chambers’s Apology and the End of Exodus International | James Kirchick | June 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA brief background: reparative therapy exists to explain why, if God hates gay people so much, they exist in the first place?
Orthodox Rabbis Say Gay ‘Cure’ Therapy Doesn’t Work | Jay Michaelson | December 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI have no doubt many of them would prefer that reparative therapy actually worked.
Orthodox Rabbis Say Gay ‘Cure’ Therapy Doesn’t Work | Jay Michaelson | December 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf someone wants to try reparative therapy to help them live according to the rules, Rosenbluth said, they should have the right.
Gay Orthodox Jews Sue Over Therapy That Claims to ‘Cure’ Them | Zoë Blackler | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Torah Declaration also claims that the Torah doesn't merely sanction reparative therapy—it mandates it.
Gay Orthodox Jews Sue Over Therapy That Claims to ‘Cure’ Them | Zoë Blackler | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA reparative period of about four days follows, and then a period of quiescence until the next menstruation commences.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyWhat has been done has been reparative, and all in the best taste.
A Book of the West. Volume I Devon | S. Baring-GouldNo doubt this was the boon by which the reparative Chamber would signalise its joyous advent.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagarySleep and quiet are essential features of nature's reparative process.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) | W. Grant HagueThis reparative power is possessed by some other animals, of which the starfishes and crustacea are the most familiar instances.
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