to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend

to repair a motor.

to restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.

to repair one's health by resting.

to remedy; make good; make up for

to repair damage; to repair a deficiency.

to make amends for; compensate

to repair a wrong done.

an act, process, or work of repairing

to order the repair of a building.

Usually, repairs.

an instance or operation of repairing

to lay up a boat for repairs.

a repaired part or an addition made in repairing

17th-century repairs in brick are conspicuous in parts of the medieval stonework.

repairs, (in bookkeeping, accounting, etc.) the part of maintenance expense that has been paid out to keep fixed assets in usable condition, as distinguished from amounts used for renewal or replacement.

the good condition resulting from continued maintenance and repairing

to keep in repair.

condition with respect to soundness and usability

a house in good repair.

noun

breaking , damage , destruction , harm , hurt , injury , neglect , wrecking

verb

break , damage , destroy , hurt , injure , ruin , spoil , wreck , maintain , remain , stay

noun

adjustment , darn , improvement , mend , new part , overhaul , patch , reconstruction , reformation , rehabilitation , replacement , substitution , atonement , indemnification , recompense , reconditioning , redress , refurbishment , regeneration , remedy , renovation , reparation , repristination , requital , restitution , restoration , retribution

verb

compensate for , correct , darn , debug * , doctor * , do up * , emend , fiddle with , give a face-lift , heal , improve , make good , make up for , mend , overhaul , patch , patch up , put back together , put in order , put right , rebuild , recondition , recover , rectify , redress , reform , refresh , refurbish , rejuvenate , remedy , renew , renovate , retread , retrieve , revamp , revive , right , settle , sew , square * , touch up , apply , betake oneself , fare , go , head for , hie , journey , move , pass , proceed , process , push on , recur , refer , remove , resort , run , set off for , travel , turn , wend , withdraw , doctor , fix up , hang around , haunt , alter , ameliorate , amend , atone for , cobble , debug , fix , furbish , indemnify , reconstitute , reconstruct , refit , regain , regenerate , remodel , repristinate , restore , retire , service , tinker