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• present participle of heal.

healing

American  

[hee-ling] / ˈhi lɪŋ /

adjective

1. curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.

2. growing sound; getting well; mending.

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noun

• healings
  plural

1. the act or process of regaining health.

   a new drug to accelerate healing.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-healing
  adjective
• unhealing
  adjective
• healingly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• healings
  plural

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

Example Sentences

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healing healings

Hilton’s family said in the statement that healing for his children and niece was their highest priority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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

A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

My learning came quick, even if my healing did not.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Some called it the “Lourdes of America” in honor of the French shrine where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared followed by 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

There will be healings and miracles, and “some of our favorite Bible stories come to life.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

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