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re·par·a·tive | \ ri-ˈper-ə-tiv 
, ri-ˈpa-rə-tiv \
, ri-ˈpa-rə-tiv \Definition of reparative
1 : of, relating to, or effecting repair
2 : serving to make amends
Examples of reparative in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web With all the hand washing, apply lots of rich hand lotion and reparative ointments.
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Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com, "Martha Stewart Dropped Her Quarantine Beauty Routine & It’s Exactly What I Needed," 3 Apr. 2020 While the healing and strengthening Super Facial Serum is a fan favorite, the new Micellar Water, which is filled with ingredients like turmeric and reparative niacinamide, will surely soon line the shelves of the fashion set the world around.
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Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, "6 Under-the-Radar Swedish Beauty Labels to Know Now," 29 Aug. 2018 In the same reparative spirit, the Baltimore Museum of Art has made a more dramatic move.
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, "America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat," 18 Mar. 2020 Don’t wait for that to start taking steps that are reparative.
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The New Yorker, "Pete Buttigieg Talks Impeachment, Health Care, and the Political Spectrum," 17 Oct. 2019 Buy Now: Tangle Teezer Hairbrush, $7.60 (originally $12) Olaplex Hair Perfector No. 3 Treatment
Created by two chemistry PhDs, this reparative hair treatment relinks hair bonds broken by chemical, thermal, and mechanical processes.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Amazon Prime Day Beauty Deals for Frequent Travelers," 16 July 2019 Yet this mythologizing, intended to be reparative, has done her no favors.
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, "Brenda Maddox, Biographer Who Revealed Joyce’s Muse, Dies at 87," 27 June 2019 Omorovicza’s skin-softening blend of apricot kernel, calendula, and carrot oils, infused with reparative golden flecks, packs a one-two punch that delivers a gleaming head-to-toe glow.
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Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, "8 Gold Beauty Products for Your Brightest New Year’s Eve Yet," 31 Dec. 2018 Broadly framed, Green envisioned school desegregation as a reparative process—probably the closest thing to reparations that our court system has ever endorsed.
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Will Stancil, The Atlantic, "The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot," 29 May 2018
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reparative
adjectivere·par·a·tive | \ ri-ˈpar-ət-iv \
\Medical Definition of reparative
: of, relating to, or effecting repair reparative dentistry
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The first known use of reparative was in 1582
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