healing

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhiːlɪŋ/

Definition of healing

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  2. (countable, uncountable)An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of heal

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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”).

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