healing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   tending to cure or restore to health

2. 2
   noun

   the natural process by which the body repairs itself

3. 3
   noun

   The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.

4. 4
   noun

   An act of healing, as by a faith healer.

5. 5
   noun

   The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of heal

Etymology

From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”).