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present participle of remedy.

remedying

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comforting adj.
curative adj.
remedial adj.
soothing adj.
mending n.

ADJECTIVE

comforting

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encouraging reassuring refreshing soothing

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abating allaying alleviating assuaging consoling curing freeing inspiriting invigorating lightening mitigating relieving restoring revitalizing revivifying softening solacing succoring sustaining tranquilizing upholding warming

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analeptic consolatory health-giving heart-warming

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aggravating depressing dispiriting distressing disturbing irritating upsetting worrying

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curative

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corrective healthful invigorating medicinal remedial salutary therapeutic

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curing pick-me-up restorative tonic

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alleviative beneficial helpful medicable medicative sanative shot in the arm vulnerary what the doctor ordered wholesome

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damaging harmful hurtful injurious

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hurting painful

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remedial

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corrective therapeutic

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alleviative antidotal antiseptic curative curing health-giving healthful invigorating medicating medicinal purifying recuperative reformative repairing restitutive sanative sanatory solving soothing tonic treating vulnerary wholesome

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harmful hurtful injurious

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damaging

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soothing

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calming reassuring

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alleviating consoling easing mollifying pacifying relaxing relieving softening tranquilizing warming

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consolatory palliative

NOUN

mending

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adjustment alteration ameliorating bettering correcting curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair repairing restoration reviving tinkering

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patching up

Antonyms

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neglect

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remedying

The resolution also emphasised that reparation claims "represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent".

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

The iOS 26.4 update improved keyboard accuracy by remedying the ghost-letter problem, but autocorrect issues persist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

But watching the Olympics and absorbing the best of the Games has always been borderline impossible, and Peacock is our best hope for remedying that problem.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024

Fizz is prone to remedying me and would invariably seek the answer to my “problem.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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