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epair v. 1 mend, patch (up); renew, put or set right, restore, fix
(up), service, put (back) in or into working order, vamp,
revamp, adjust: Can you repair the tear in my trousers? I must
remember to ask the garage to repair the brakes on my car.
--n. 2 mend, patch; restoration, fixing (up), servicing,
improvement, adjustment, renovation, revamping, renewal: The
cost of the repairs to our roof after the storm was covered by
our insurance. 3 form, condition, fettle, state, working order,
Colloq shape, Brit nick: The engine, I'm afraid, has not been
kept in good repair.
repartee n. banter, badinage, persiflage, patter, (witty) conversation,
wordplay, raillery, give and take, Literary deipnosophism:
Simon's witty repartee makes him a most welcome dinner guest.
repay v. pay back, recompense, compensate, requite, reciprocate,
return the favour or compliment, reward, square with, settle
(up) with; refund, give back, return, reimburse, restore: How
can I ever repay you for what you have done? Alan repaid the
money he borrowed from me.
repeal v. 1 revoke, recall, rescind, reverse, cancel, annul, nullify,
invalidate, void, set aside, abolish, abrogate, Law vacate:
They have repealed the rule forbidding guests to wear shorts in
the restaurant.
--n. 2 revocation, recall, rescission, rescindment, reversal,
cancellation, annulment, nullification, invalidation, voiding,
abolition, abrogation: Alcoholic beverages were forbidden in
the US until the repeal of Prohibition.
repeat v. 1 reiterate, restate, echo, retell, recite, quote, rehearse,
recount, recapitulate, Colloq recap: Would you please repeat to
Anne what you told me? 2 duplicate, reproduce, replicate:
History repeated itself on the playing field here today, when
Queens Park Rangers defeated Manchester United, 2-0.
repeatedly
--n. 3 repetition, duplicate, copy, duplication, replication,
reproduction, replica, rerun, rebroadcast, replay, encore,
reprise: This is a repeat of a show we saw last year.