reparative
/ɹɪˈpɛəɹətɪv/adjective, noun
reparative is an adjective meaning “Tending to or intended to repair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reparative mean?
adjective
- 1
Tending to or intended to repair.
reparative surgery
- 2
Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.
reparative justice
noun
- 1
rareThat which repairs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reparative?
- /ɹɪˈpɛəɹətɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reparative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of reparative
- more reparative comparative
- most reparative superlative
- reparatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reparative?
Reparative appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).