Synonyms for healing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hee-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhi lɪŋ

Définition of healing

Origin : "restoration to health," Old English hæling; see heal. Figurative sense of "restoration of wholeness" is from early 13c.; meaning "touch that cures" is from 1670s.

adj restorative

Example sentences :

In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suffer and die unattended.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

She had need of their strength, their quiet and their healing.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

His martyrdom was continued by forbidding him all access to the healing waters.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

And all science must culminate at last in the science of healing—not the weak, but the strong.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

The hurt was not dangerous, though it bled freely, and was some weeks in healing.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The cuts and bruises were healing fast and he ate with a keen appetite.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

At the first, there is but one help, but one healing; and that is solitude.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

It was the healing of the necessary cuts that would take weeks.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

There in front of him, heaving and tumbling, was the sea: a miracle of healing and cleansing.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

Now, where can he find an antidote, who can teach him a healing formula?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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