repair

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1. repair - Noun

2. repair - Verb

Meaning

To return.

To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.

The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.

To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.

To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

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Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant. Basil of Caesarea

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. Samuel Johnson

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. Alexis de Tocqueville

If you do not agree with the phases of the moon, get a ladder and repair it. Hausa Proverb

A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour. Italian Proverb

Better repair the gutter than the whole house. Portuguese Proverb

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