tch, tinker, revamp, darn, cobble,
remodel; indemnify, redress, atone for, retrieve, regain.
repair, n. renovation, restoration, reconstruction, reparation,
rehabilitation.
reparable, a. restorable, retrievable. Antonyms: irreparable,
irretrievable.
reparation, n. restoration, rehabilitation, instauration, renovation;
atonement, restitution.
repartee, n. _bon mot_.
repay, v. refund, restore, reimburse; recompense, requite; revenge,
avenge, retaliate.
repayment, n. restoration, reimbursement; recompense, requital;
retaliation, revenge.
repeal, v. revoke, rescind, abrogate.
repeal, n. revocation, rescission, abrogation.
repeat, v. iterate, reiterate, verbigerate.
repeating, n. repetition, iteration, reiteration; verbigeration.
repel, v. repulse, rebuff, resist, oppose.
repellence, n. repulsion, rebuff, opposition.
repellent, a. repulsive, repelling.
repentance, n. penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse.
Antonym: impenitence.
repentant, a. contrite, penitent. Antonyms: unrepentant,
impenitent.
repetition, n. iteration, reiteration, recurrence; verbigeration;
tautology; echo, rote; recapitulation; reverberation.
repine, v. complain, murmur.
replace, v. restore, refund, repay.
replacement, n. restoration, reinstatement.
repletion, n. excess, superabundance, surfeit; plethora.
reply, v. answer, respond, rejoin, retort.
reply, n. answer, response, rejoinder; retort, repartee.
report, n. rumor, _on dit_, hearsay, bruit; account, statement,
communication; fame, repute, reputation; sound, noise, repercussion,
detonation, discharge, explosion; cahier; description, narrative,
narration, recital.
report, v. announce, communicate, describe; bruit, circulate,
promulgate, publish. Antonyms: suppress, withhold, reserve.
repose, n. rest, inactivity, motionlessness; composure, tranquillity.
repository, n. depository, storehouse, depot, magazine.
represent, v. show, typify, symbolize; personate, impersonate;
portray, delineate, depict.
representative, a. delegated, vicarious; typical, figurative,
symbolical, emblematic.
representative, n. deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, substitute,
vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, ambassador,
exponent.
repress, v. quell, subdue, suppress, overpower, restrain, curb,
stifle.
repression, n. suppression, restraint, quelling, check.
reproach, v. censure, upbraid, rebuke, reprimand, revile, chide
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