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Definitions for Reparative
rɪˈpær ə tɪvrepar·a·tive

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  1. reparativeadjective

    Tending to or intended to repair.

  2. reparativeadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Reparativenoun

    Whatever makes amends for loss or injury.

    Etymology: from repair.

    New preparatives were in hand, and partly reparatives of the former beaten at sea. Henry Wotton, Buckingham.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reparativeadjective

    repairing, or tending to repair

  2. Reparativenoun

    that which repairs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reparative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reparative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Reparative in a Sentence

  1. Pamela Robey:

    My fellows, Songtao Shi and Stan Gronthos, did the work in my lab, songtao Shi is a dentist, and basically Songtao Shi observed that, when you get a cavity, you get what's called' reparative dentin.' In other words, the tooth is trying to protect itself from that cavity, so it makes a little bit of dentin to kind of plug the hole, so to speak.

  2. Paul Hokemeyer:

    The goal (of psychotherapy) is for the patient to internalize the reparative relationship with their clinician. The Wall Street Journal

  3. Paul Hokemeyer:

    "I see psychotherapy is an art grounded in science. The art consists of connecting with a patient where he or she is, then using solid evidentiary methodologies and interventions to move the patient toward a reparative experience." The Wall Street Journal

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