Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Curing; curative; restorative; soothing.
  • noun A covering.
  • noun The act or process of making or becoming whole, sound, or well.
  • noun Cure; the means of making whole.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • noun An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  • noun The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
  • verb Present participle of heal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective tending to cure or restore to health
  • noun the natural process by which the body repairs itself

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Examples

  • They will unite in her name, and in her name healing will be brought to our world, our children, and our souls.

    WARCHILD ESTHER FRIESNER 1990

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • The satirical medical series is written by and stars Rob Corddry as a doctor who wears clown makeup and "blood"-splattered scrubs so he can practice what he calls the "healing power of laughter" at a hospital where the staff is more interested in tending to their overactive libidos than treating patients.

    Adult Swim Readmits Childrens Hospital for Fourth Season 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

  • For it to be restorative often requires the "friends" part of the organization, what he calls the "healing ethos of community."

    Steph Thompson: Answer To Health: Love Steph Thompson 2011

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