self-repair

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ repair.

Noun

self-repair (countable and uncountable, plural self-repairs)

1. The act of repairing itself.
   • 2012, Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition, page 116:

     A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed.

2. (linguistics) A speaker's spontaneous, unprompted correction of their own mistake.