restorative
serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
capable of renewing health or strength.
a restorative agent, means, or the like.
a means of restoring a person to consciousness: Smelling salts serve as a restorative.
Origin of restorative
1Other words from restorative
- non·re·stor·a·tive, adjective, noun
- un·re·stor·a·tive, adjective
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How to use restorative in a sentence
There is a kind of joy, too, that is redemptive, restorative—resurrection joy.
How to find joy during tough times | By Angela Gorrell/The Conversation | October 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSo I just started taking restorative yoga multiple times a week for about three months.
Versus prior to being introduced to restorative yoga, I was always looking for outside sources to help heal me and to also discover who I was.
I’m hoping that customers find a restorative beverage that centers them and helps them find focus while alleviating the innumerable stresses that come at us every single day.
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on launching a hemp-infused sparkling water brand | Rachel King | August 24, 2020 | FortuneThey can push schools to reinvest resources at school level and implement restorative justice policies and practices that will help close the school-to-prison pipeline.
The US has an extraordinary opportunity to reform education | Jennifer E. Lacy | August 7, 2020 | Vox
You are strongly encouraged to sit down, and perhaps take a small restorative brandy.
After, the restorative effects of “two jiggers from an old bottle of Wild Turkey,” he began the next chapter of his life.
10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography | Ben Jacobs | April 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd next week I'm starting something very exciting with a woman who is going to do an hour of restorative yoga with me.
A-listers including Madonna, Matthew McConaughey, and Demi Moore are hawking the restorative powers of coconut water.
Despite all this sensational, restorative sex, Stone is a teeny bit defensive about his heterosexuality.
She paused, whispered, "The restorative," and I gave her the medicine.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousThe usual restorative was to stamp about and beat the chest with the hands—an old sailor's trick.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonGod's Word hid in the heart is not only a preservative against sin, but a restorative from its evil effects.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) | Timothy EastI drank the milk with pleasure, and ate the bread, chaff and all; but it was not very restorative to a man sinking with fatigue.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauHis bodily vigor was unimpaired; but his mind demanded the restorative tonic of peace.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for restorative
/ (rɪˈstɒrətɪv) /
tending to revive or renew health, spirits, etc
anything that restores or revives, esp a drug or agent that promotes health or strength
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