healing

[ hee-ling ]

adjective

1. curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
2. growing sound; getting well; mending.

noun

1. the act or process of regaining health:

   a new drug to accelerate healing.

Other Words From

• healing·ly adverb
• self-healing adjective
• un·healing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of healing¹

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

With that, the holy men take a collective trust fall so the healing can begin.

From Salon

Mr Mian KC said the fractures Mr Sharif caused were healing by the time of her death and were not a “significant contributory factor”.

From BBC

He groans in pain, his eyes shut and face covered in whitish spots left behind by the healing sores.

From BBC

And so I was actually really grateful for the opportunity to play a role like this that would allow, I guess, a little bit of healing, a little bit of understanding, a little bit of reckoning with the things that I’ve sort of walked through, the experiences that I’ve had and the times when I’ve had to navigate a room that doesn’t necessarily want me there.

From Los Angeles Times

Did you find it healing or revelatory for you?

From Los Angeles Times