healing Definition

heal
verb healed, healing

1. To cause (a person, wound, etc) to become healthy again.

Thesaurus: cure, restore, treat, remedy, mend, rejuvenate, medicate, physic, salve, rehabilitate, resuscitate, ameliorate; Antonym: infect, injure.
intr
2. Said of a wound: to become healthy again by natural processes, eg by scar formation.

Form: heal up (also)
Form: heal over
3. To make (sorrow) less painful.
tr & intr
4. To settle (disputes, etc) and restore friendly relations, harmony, etc.

Derivative: healer
noun

Derivative: healing
noun, adj

Acting to restore health
Thesaurus: restorative, comforting, curative, soothing, assuaging, therapeutic, analeptic, palliative, remedial.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hælan.