repayable

Meanings

• the action or process of repaying a debt or loan

  - "He was unable to repay the loan on time."
  - "The bank demanded immediate repayment of the mortgage."
  - "After several years of struggling to make ends meet, they were finally able to repay their debts in full."

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Rhymes

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payable , playable , slayable , weighable

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Homophones

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1. repay, repaid, replay, replaid
   

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Variants

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repaid , repay , repayable , repaying , repayment , repayments , repays

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Forms

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repay, repaid, repayment, repayable

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Etymology

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From Old French 'repayer', meaning 'to repay, to make good a loss or debt'.

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Related Concepts

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1. indebtedness: The state or condition of being in debt or owing a financial obligation to another person or entity.

2. forgiveness: The act or process of granting pardon, remission, or release from a debt, obligation, or penalty, often as an act of compassion, mercy, or kindness.

3. redemption: The act or process of regaining or recovering possession of something that was lost, surrendered, or forfeited, often as a result of repentance, contrition, or a sincere desire to make amends for past mistakes or wrongdoings.

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Culture

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In literature and art, the concept of repayment often carries a sense of moral obligation, justice, or redemption. For example, in Dante's Inferno, the character of Dante is led through the nine circles of Hell by the spirit of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. Along the way, Dante encounters various sinners who are being punished in Hell for their misdeeds and transgressions. One such character is the infamous Medusa, who is depicted as a monstrous serpent-haired woman whose gaze could turn anyone who looked at her directly into stone. When Dante and Virgil come across Medusa in the third circle of Hell, which is reserved for the sin of incontinence or lack of self-control, they manage to defeat her by using a mirror to reflect her gaze back at herself, thus preventing her from turning anyone else into stone. In this way, the concept of repayment, in the form of Dante's debt to the poet Virgil for guiding him through Hell, as well as Dante's debt to the reader for the time and effort invested in reading his poetic masterpiece, is inextricably linked to the themes of moral obligation, justice, and redemption that permeate Dante's Inferno.

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