reparable

[ rep-er-uh-buhlor, often, ri-pair- ]

adjective

1. capable of being repaired repair or remedied.

reparable

/ ˈrɛpərəbəl; ˈrɛprə- /

adjective

1. able to be repaired, recovered, or remedied

   a reparable loss

Derived Forms

• ˌreparaˈbility, noun
• ˈreparably, adverb

Other Words From

• repa·ra·bly adverb
• non·repa·ra·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reparable¹

From the Latin word reparābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See repair ¹, -able

Word History and Origins

Origin of reparable¹

C16: from Latin reparābilis , from reparāre to repair ¹

Example Sentences

“The damage he did in his first term was reparable,” Bolton said recently.

From Los Angeles Times

The keys to Jewish survival against all odds, through the travails of history and the demonic visions of those who wished for a world without us, lie in three strengths: The ability to adapt to changing circumstances without sacrificing the ideals central to our identity; the vision to see the cycles of politics and power as passing and reparable; and the vow to hold fast to our defining faith in the moral arc of a universe that bends toward justice, goodness and blessing.

From Seattle Times

“I don’t think there’s any question about that. But I think all that damage was reparable. I think that constitutions are written with human beings involved, and occasionally you get bad actors. This was a particularly bad actor. So with all the stress and strain on the Constitution, it held up pretty well.”

From New York Times

But had Donald Trump won in 2020, Bolton told me, in his second term he might well have inflicted “damage that might not be reparable.”

From New York Times

“Judge Ryan did not make an implicit finding that Malvo was reparable or corrigible,” she wrote in a court filing.

From Washington Post