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healing (n.)

"restoration to health," Old English hæling, verbal noun from heal (v.). Figurative sense of "restoration of wholeness" is from early 13c.; meaning "touch that cures" is from 1670s.

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heal (v.)

Old English hælan "cure; save; make whole, sound and well," from Proto-Germanic *hailjan (source also of Old Saxon helian, Old Norse heila, Old Frisian hela, Dutch helen, German heilen, Gothic ga-hailjan "to heal, cure"), literally "to make whole" (from PIE *kailo- "whole;" see health). Intransitive sense from late 14c. Related: Healed; healing.

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Definitions of healing
1
healing (n.)
the natural process by which the body repairs itself;
2
healing (adj.)
tending to cure or restore to health;
her gentle healing hand
Synonyms: curative / alterative / remedial / sanative / therapeutic
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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