make whole
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make whole
verb makes whole · making whole · made whole
- To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition. Pale the children both did look, But the guest a beaker took; "Golden wine will make you whole!"
- To repair or restore (something). Pandarus: Fair prince, here is good broken music. Paris: You have broke it, cousin: and, by my life, you shall make it whole again.
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To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.
Perelman receives a government subsidy called "yield maintenance"—totaling about $406 million to date—to make him whole for carrying money-losing assets in the thrift.
Similar: compensate, recompense, reimburse, repay
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verb to restore to a sound condition
| Deutsch | wiederherstellen |
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verb to provide with financial compensation
| Deutsch | schadlos stellen, entschädigen |
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Talk about this word "make whole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/make%20whole. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. make whole. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/make%20whole "make whole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/make%20whole.Cite this
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title = {make whole},
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