- present participle of heal.
healing
Americanadjective
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curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
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growing sound; getting well; mending.
noun
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healings
plural
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Etymology
Origin of healing
First recorded before 1000; Middle English heelyng (adjective), helynge (noun); Old English hǣlinge (noun); equivalent to heal + -ing 2 for the adjective, heal + -ing 1 for the noun
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It’s especially gentle and accessible to people with disabilities, those healing injuries and older adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Jobe recommended total rest but after a month, with no sign of healing, he came up with an outside-the-box suggestion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Yet, within Ghana itself, the conversation around African complicity is far more nuanced, and for some traditional leaders, acknowledging the past is a vital prerequisite part of healing.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The healing power of music is here, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
One morning, when his dressing was being changed, Garfield asked Dr. Woodward how the wound was healing.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Video tapes of Joshua's healings were circulating among evangelical churches throughout Europe and Africa in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024
They pray, visit various chapels and enter a small room where crutches hang from the wall alongside written testimonials of healings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“The church tends to be very skeptical about claims of miraculous healings, until they can be proven that they’re not attributable to science or anything else.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Each village had several shamans, who specialized in various divinations, healings and funeral rites.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023
This should come as no surprise, for in Miss Lumley’s day, séances, Ouija boards, hypnotic healings, and the like were very much in fashion.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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