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Meaning of repair

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  repair
      n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn:
           {repair}, {fix}, {fixing}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending},
           {reparation}]
      2: a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the
         building was in good repair"
      3: a frequently visited place [syn: {haunt}, {hangout},
         {resort}, {repair}, {stamping ground}]
      v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
           torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
           please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor},
           {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}, {bust}]
      2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
         repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
         Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the
         accident" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {repair},
         {indemnify}]
      3: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to
         his cabin in the woods" [syn: {repair}, {resort}]
      4: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
         the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn:
         {rectify}, {remediate}, {remedy}, {repair}, {amend}]
      5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
         "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
         health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive},
         {renovate}, {repair}, {quicken}, {vivify}, {revivify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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