What is the meaning of healing?

noun

  • The natural process by which the body repairs itself.

verb

  • Heal or recover.
    • usage: "My broken leg is mending"
  • Get healthy again.
    • usage: "The wound is healing slowly"
  • Provide a cure for, make healthy again.
    • usage: "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

adjective

  • Tending to cure or restore to health.
    • usage: "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
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