heal|ing «HEE lihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. that heals or cures; curative: »
a healing salve. Figurative. The prospect of a Democratic bloodletting was eminently pleasing to Republicans.…They reckoned, however, without the healing hand of Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Time).
SYNONYM(S): curing, salutary.2. growing sound; getting well: »
The healing process was hastened by the new drugs.
–n.
the act of a person or thing that heals: »
For of the most High cometh healing (Ecclesiasticus 38:2).
–heal´ing|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.