'Healing' definitions:

Definition of 'healing'

From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]
noun
The natural process by which the body repairs itself

Definition of 'Healing'

From: GCIDE
  • Heal \Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (h[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] [OE. helen, h[ae]len, AS. h[=ae]lan, fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[=e]lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.]
  • 1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. [1913 Webster]
  • Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. [1913 Webster]
  • I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Healing'

From: GCIDE
  • Healing \Heal"ing\, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. [1913 Webster]
  • Here healing dews and balms abound. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'healing'

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