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verb with object

(of a person or treatment) cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again:

〈人･傷など〉を治す(up, over); ｟かたく｠ 【病気などから】〈人〉を回復させる «of» (!主に傷･やけどなどを自然に治す場合に用いる; → cure)

e.g. his concern is to heal sick people.

no object become sound or healthy again:

〈傷などが〉治る(up, over)

e.g. he would have to wait until his knee had healed.

alleviate (a person's distress or anguish):

〈心の傷［痛み］･悲しみなど〉を癒やす

e.g. time can heal the pain of grief.

correct or put right (an undesirable situation):

〈論争など〉を解決する, 落ち着かせる

e.g. the rift between them was never really healed.

healable adjective

Old English hǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to whole.