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The word "reparable" in literary texts often evokes a duality between actions that might be corrected and those doomed to permanent consequence. For instance, in Montaigne’s essay [1], the term is paired with its negation—contrasting a "reparable affair" with the fate of men who were "irreparably hanged"—thereby illustrating the tension between events that invite redress and those that are irrevocably flawed. This nuanced use reflects an enduring literary interest in the limits of human agency and the possibility of atonement or recovery from failure.
  1. But he had to do with a reparable affair; my men were irreparably hanged.
    — from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

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