1. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please";
   - mend, fix, bushel [US], doctor [informal]
    
2. Correct, fix, improve or make right something that is wrong or defective
   "repair an oversight";
   - rectify, remediate, remedy, amend
    
3. Give new life or energy to
   "This treatment repaired my health";
   - animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, quicken, vivify, revivify
    
4. Make up for loss, damage, or injury through payment or restitution
   "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich";
   - compensate, recompense, indemnify
    
5. Move, travel, or proceed toward some place
   "He repaired to his cabin in the woods";
   - resort

1. The act of putting something in working order again
   "The repair of the old clock took several hours";
   - fix, fixing, mend, mending, reparation [archaic]
    
2. The condition or relative state of something
   "the building was in good repair"
    
3. [archaic] A frequently visited place
   "The coffee shop was his regular repair";
   - haunt, hangout [informal], stamping ground [informal], stomping ground [N. Amer]

Derived forms: repaired, repairs, repairing

Type of: ameliorate, amend, area, arouse, better, brace, condition, correct, country, energise [Brit], energize, go, improve, improvement, locomote, meliorate, mend, move, pay, perk up, rectify, right, status, stimulate, stir, travel

Encyclopedia: Repair