noun
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"
- synonyms: curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative
- Relating to or involved in therapy.
- usage: "therapeutic approach to criminality"
- synonyms: therapeutical
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