therapy

[ther-uh-pee]

noun

plural

therapies 

1. the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process.

   speech therapy.

2. a curative power or quality.

3. psychotherapy.

4. any act, hobby, task, program, etc., that relieves tension.

therapy

/ ˈθɛrəpɪ /

noun

1. 1. the treatment of physical, mental, or social disorders or disease

   2. ( in combination )

      physiotherapy

      electrotherapy

therapy

1. Treatment intended to cure or alleviate an illness or injury, whether physical or mental.

Other Word Forms

• self-therapy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of therapy¹

1840–50; < New Latin therapīa < Greek therapeía healing (akin to therápōn attendant)

Word History and Origins

Origin of therapy¹

C19: from New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia attendance; see _therapeutic

Example Sentences

And so, my sister, who is like the heart of the family, she was the first one to go to therapy and it created these waves in my family.

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But to Kaley Chiles, a Christian evangelical therapist who sued the state to be able to offer conversion therapy, internalized queerphobia is an inborn quality.

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Horses could be put to work at pack stations, equine therapy and rodeo schools for kids, the group says.

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The same need for the court to determine who can decide what is or is not a legitimate fact also applies to this year’s controversy over conversion therapy.

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Overall, she says it was "useful" but described the language as "very much like therapy speak, using words like 'boundaries'".

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Related Words

• analysis 
• cure 
• healing 
• medicine 
• remedy