Definition of "reparative" in English

adjective

1. Tending to or intended to repair.

   • reparative surgery

2. Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.

   • reparative justice

noun

1. (rare) That which repairs.

   • 1891, Newark and Its Leading Businessmen, Newark, New Jersey: Mercantile Publishing Company, John Sanders, Practical Plumber, p. 80, It is better to lay out a little more money on a good job of plumbing at the start, than to be obliged to continually lay out money for reparatives on a poor job.