Repairing (7)
I believe the answer is:
mending
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">repairing</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('mend' can be a synonym of 'repair')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for mending that I've seen before include "Repairing" , "Fixing" .)