Restorative Justice Practices

adjective describing or relating to the act of repairing or making amends

• The reparative therapy aimed to address the psychological trauma experienced by the survivors.
• She attended a reparative workshop to work through her issues.
• I heard he's into that reparative stuff to fix his problems.
• The community came together in a reparative effort to rebuild after the disaster.

noun a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior

verb to cause to feel shame; to disgrace or humiliate

adjective feeling or expressing shame

adverb shamefully

• It is a shame that such unethical behavior is tolerated in the workplace.
• It's a shame you couldn't make it to the party last night.
• That outfit is a total shame, you should change before we go out.
• The abandoned house stood as a silent shame of the town's neglect.