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Mending

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reparationnoun(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
repairnounTo restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
fixverb(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
fixingverb(UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)

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repairnounTo restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
fixingverb(UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
reparationnoun(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
fixverb(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
repairingnounThe act by which something is repaired; a mending.
reformingnounreformation
redressingverbTo set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
repairsnounThe act of repairing something.
repairmentnounThe act of repairing.
fix-upnounA repair; an act of mending.
patch-upnounA hastily performed repair job; a quick fix.
roadmendingnounThe repairing of roads.
emendationnoun(uncountable) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
patchingnounThe act of one who patches.
remediationnounThe act or process of remedying a situation.
amendverb(transitive) To make better; improve.
self-repairnounThe act of repairing itself.
reparativeTending to or intended to repair.
rightingnounThe act of putting something right.
amend.noun(law) Abbreviation of amendment. [An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.]

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