repair the world

Mend what's broken

Repair the world translates the Hebrew phrase *tikkun olam*, a concept in Jewish thought that humans share responsibility for healing and improving the world through acts of social justice, kindness, and ethical conduct.

The phrase has moved beyond religious contexts into secular usage, particularly among activists and nonprofits: We believe in repairing the world one community at a time.

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social justice · compassion · broken · wholeness · community · service · activism · hands · together · uplift · transform · rebuild · sacred · duty · kindness · charity · doing good · give back

Opposites
moral action toward society

repair the worldexploitation

Selfish use of others

oppression · sow discord · tear apart · wickedness · malevolence

response to suffering and injustice

repair the worldapathy

Absence of feeling

indifference · willful ignorance · complacency · turning a blind eye · quietism

cosmic/spiritual orientation

repair the worldnihilism

Rejection of objective meaning

apocalypticism · misanthropy · despair · hopelessness · cosmic indifference

Family

repair, repairs, repaired, repairing, repairable, irreparable, reparation, reparations, world

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Rated G