reparative

[ ri-par-uh-tiv ]

/ rɪˈpær ə tɪv /

tending to repair; repairing; mending.

pertaining to or involving reparation.

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Also re·par·a·to·ry

[ri-par-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /rɪˈpær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

From the Late Latin word reparātīvus, dating back to 1650–60. See reparation, -ive

I have no doubt many of them would prefer that reparative therapy actually worked.
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But reparative therapy is dangerous no matter how good the intentions behind it.
Marcus Bachmann’s Gay ‘Cure’|Michelle Goldberg|July 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But the shock had a reparative effect; he became a good neighbor, and a convert to temperance.
The Lincoln Story Book|Henry L. Williams
This modification of the reparative process can be best studied clinically in a recent wound which has been packed with gauze.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

What has been done has been reparative, and all in the best taste.
A Book of the West. Volume I Devon|S. Baring-Gould
In other cases true hypertrophy of the bone, with no connection with any reparative process, may occur.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern
This reparative power is possessed by some other animals, of which the starfishes and crustacea are the most familiar instances.
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