reparative
Making things whole
Reparative means serving to repair or restore.
In medicine, reparative processes are the body's mechanisms for healing damaged tissue.
The word appears frequently in discussions of reparative justice, which focuses on repairing harm rather than punishment, and controversially in reparative therapy, discredited attempts to change sexual orientation.
The surgery was reparative rather than cosmetic.
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- traumaLasting psychological wound
healing · recovery · intervention · remedial · corrective · supportive · restorative · integrative
Rebuilding after destruction
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- reconditioningRestoring to good condition
- mendingRestoring damaged items
patching · refurbishment · renovation · fixing · remedial · corrective · salvage · reclamation
Restoring what was lost
- redressCompensation for injury
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
rectification · indemnity · recompense · apology · penance · contrition · forgiveness · absolution
Coiled, or an injury
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- granulationMaking into small grains
convalesce · stitches · suturing · bandage · scabbing · antiseptic · platelets · collagen
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
trauma · healing · recovery · intervention · remedial · corrective · supportive · restorative · integrative · holistic
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- reconditioningRestoring to good condition
mending · patching · refurbishment · renovation · fixing · remedial · corrective · salvage · reclamation · preservation
restitution
Restoring what was lost
- redressCompensation for injury
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
reconciliation · rectification · indemnity · recompense · apology · penance · contrition · forgiveness · absolution · settlement
wound
Coiled, or an injury
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
- scarPermanent mark from healing
granulation · convalesce · stitches · suturing · bandage · scabbing · antiseptic · platelets · collagen · fibroblasts
reparativedestructive
Causing severe harm
damaging · harmful · injurious · ruinous · detrimental
reparativeirreparable
Cannot be fixed
incurable · unfixable · irremediable · beyond repair · permanent
- war reparationsCompensation from defeated nation
- slavery reparationsCompensation for ancestral enslavement
- wartime reparationsCompensation from defeated nations
- post-war reparationsPayments demanded from vanquished nations
- reparation paymentsCompensation for wrongs done
- financial reparationsCompensatory payment for injury