healing

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːlɪŋ/

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• Homophone: heeling
• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

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”).

healing (countable and uncountable, plural healings)

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

• heal

From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal +‎ -ing.

healing

1. present participle and gerund of heal