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

1. the act or process of regaining health.

   a new drug to accelerate healing.

Other Word Forms

• healingly adverb
• self-healing adjective
• unhealing adjective

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

At a press conference on Thursday, the 31-year-old hinted that his performance would be more about unity and healing than spreading division.

From BBC

Schlesser, the tousle-haired son of a writer, is about to publish a follow-up of sorts called the "The Gardener’s Cat", which focuses on the healing power of poetry.

From Barron's

While the gut microbiome does play a crucial role in our wellbeing, evidence for many of these fixes is thin and for most healthy people, obsessing over gut "healing" may be unnecessary.

From BBC

And he hinted his performance would be more about unity and healing than spreading division.

From BBC

Sometimes we helped him pick through bundles of herbs, and he’d tell us all their healing properties.

From Literature