To rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition)

• cure

  1. To prepare, preserve, or finish a substance by a chemical or physical process.
  2. To preserve (meat, for example), as by salting, smoking, or aging.
  3. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition:

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  1. To prepare, preserve, or finish a substance by a chemical or physical process.
  2. To preserve (meat, for example), as by salting, smoking, or aging.
  3. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition:

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• remedy

  1. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation).
  2. To relieve or cure a disease or disorder.
  3. To cure or heal, as with medicine

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  1. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation).
  2. To relieve or cure a disease or disorder.
  3. To cure or heal, as with medicine

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To make well or sound

• cure

  1. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition:
  2. To cause to be free of, to lose interest in, or to stop doing something:
  3. To preserve (meat, for example), as by salting, smoking, or aging.

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  1. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition:
  2. To cause to be free of, to lose interest in, or to stop doing something:
  3. To preserve (meat, for example), as by salting, smoking, or aging.

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• remedy

  1. To put back in proper condition; put right
  2. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation).
  3. To correct or remove (an evil, etc.)

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  1. To put back in proper condition; put right
  2. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation).
  3. To correct or remove (an evil, etc.)

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• restore

  1. To give back (something taken away, lost, etc.); make restitution of
  2. To bring back to a former or normal condition, as by repairing, rebuilding, altering, etc.
  3. To bring back into existence or use; reestablish:

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  1. To give back (something taken away, lost, etc.); make restitution of
  2. To bring back to a former or normal condition, as by repairing, rebuilding, altering, etc.
  3. To bring back into existence or use; reestablish:

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• rehabilitate

  1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education:
  2. To put back in good condition; reestablish on a firm, sound basis
  3. To prepare (a disabled person, an inmate, etc.) for useful employment or successful integration into society by counseling, training, etc.

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  1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education:
  2. To put back in good condition; reestablish on a firm, sound basis
  3. To prepare (a disabled person, an inmate, etc.) for useful employment or successful integration into society by counseling, training, etc.

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• renew

  1. To cause to exist again; reestablish; revive
  2. To begin again; start over
  3. To give or get an extension of

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  1. To cause to exist again; reestablish; revive
  2. To begin again; start over
  3. To give or get an extension of

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• treat

  1. To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application:
  2. To regard and handle in a certain way. Often used with as :
  3. To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition):

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  1. To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application:
  2. To regard and handle in a certain way. Often used with as :
  3. To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition):

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• attend

  1. To give the required care or attention (to)
  2. To take care of (a sick person, for example).
  3. To serve as doctor to during an illness

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  1. To give the required care or attention (to)
  2. To take care of (a sick person, for example).
  3. To serve as doctor to during an illness

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• minister to

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• restore to health

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• renovate

  1. To to restore to freshness or vigor.
  2. To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling.
  3. To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

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  1. To to restore to freshness or vigor.
  2. To restore to an earlier condition, as by repairing or remodeling.
  3. To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

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• fix

  1. (--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  2. To arrange properly or in a certain way; set in order; adjust
  3. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:

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  1. (--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  2. To arrange properly or in a certain way; set in order; adjust
  3. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:

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• repair

  1. To go often, customarily, or in numbers
  2. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix:
  3. To set right; remedy:

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  1. To go often, customarily, or in numbers
  2. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix:
  3. To set right; remedy:

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• mend

  1. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  2. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  3. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

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  1. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  2. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  3. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

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• make-whole

  1. (Finance, law) To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.
  2. (Set phrase) To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.

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  1. (Finance, law) To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.
  2. (Set phrase) To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.

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• reconstruct

  1. To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook:
  2. (Linguistics) To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.
  3. To build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form)

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  1. To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook:
  2. (Linguistics) To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.
  3. To build up, from remaining parts or other evidence, a concept or reproduction of (something in its original or complete form)

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• regenerate

  1. (Electronics) To cause oscillation or to increase the amplification of (a signal) by feeding energy back from an amplifier output to its input
  2. (Mech.) To use (heat, energy, pressure, etc. which would otherwise be wasted) by employing special arrangements or devices
  3. To receive (imperfectly formed electrical signals) for retransmission in substantially perfect form

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  1. (Electronics) To cause oscillation or to increase the amplification of (a signal) by feeding energy back from an amplifier output to its input
  2. (Mech.) To use (heat, energy, pressure, etc. which would otherwise be wasted) by employing special arrangements or devices
  3. To receive (imperfectly formed electrical signals) for retransmission in substantially perfect form

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• bring around

  1. Alternative form of bring round.

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  1. Alternative form of bring round.

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• relieve

  1. To give aid or assistance to
  2. To set free from a burden, obligation, grievance, etc.
  3. To set free from duty or work by replacing with oneself or another

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  1. To give aid or assistance to
  2. To set free from a burden, obligation, grievance, etc.
  3. To set free from duty or work by replacing with oneself or another

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• alleviate

  1. To reduce or decrease
  2. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable:

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  1. To reduce or decrease
  2. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable:

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• ease

  1. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
  2. To reduce the difficulty or trouble of:
  3. To move or proceed with little effort:

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  1. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully:
  2. To reduce the difficulty or trouble of:
  3. To move or proceed with little effort:

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• meliorate

  1. To make or become better; improve; ameliorate
  2. To grow better.

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  1. To make or become better; improve; ameliorate
  2. To grow better.

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• set

  1. To cause to be in working or proper condition; put in order; arrange; fix; adjust
  2. To provide or establish as a model:
  3. To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service:

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  1. To cause to be in working or proper condition; put in order; arrange; fix; adjust
  2. To provide or establish as a model:
  3. To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service:

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• purify

  1. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  2. To free (someone) from guilt or sin
  3. To become purified

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  1. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  2. To free (someone) from guilt or sin
  3. To become purified

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• rejuvenate

  1. (Geol.) To increase the grade and speed of flow of (a stream), usually by uplift of the surrounding land
  2. To give youthful land forms to (a region), as steep slopes
  3. To make feel or seem young again; bring back to youthful strength, appearance, etc.

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  1. (Geol.) To increase the grade and speed of flow of (a stream), usually by uplift of the surrounding land
  2. To give youthful land forms to (a region), as steep slopes
  3. To make feel or seem young again; bring back to youthful strength, appearance, etc.

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• medicate

  1. To treat (a disease or condition) with medication.
  2. To administer a medicinal substance to:
  3. To treat with medication:

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  1. To treat (a disease or condition) with medication.
  2. To administer a medicinal substance to:
  3. To treat with medication:

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• recall to life

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• reinvigorate

  1. To give new life, energy or strength to someone or something; to revitalize

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  1. To give new life, energy or strength to someone or something; to revitalize

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• dress a wound

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• rebuild

  1. To repair or remodel extensively, as by taking apart and reconstructing, often with new parts
  2. To build anew
  3. To restore to a previous condition

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  1. To repair or remodel extensively, as by taking apart and reconstructing, often with new parts
  2. To build anew
  3. To restore to a previous condition

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• revive

  1. To return to use, currency, activity, or notice:
  2. To come or bring back to a healthy, vigorous, or flourishing condition after a decline
  3. To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice:

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  1. To return to use, currency, activity, or notice:
  2. To come or bring back to a healthy, vigorous, or flourishing condition after a decline
  3. To restore to use, currency, activity, or notice:

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• revitalize

  1. To impart new life or vigor to:
  2. To bring vitality, vigor, etc. back to after a decline

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  1. To impart new life or vigor to:
  2. To bring vitality, vigor, etc. back to after a decline

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• revivify

  1. To revive
  2. To put new life or vigor into; cause to revive

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  1. To revive
  2. To put new life or vigor into; cause to revive

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• purge

  1. To kill or otherwise get rid of (such individuals)
  2. To become clean, clear, or pure
  3. To cause (a person) to empty the bowels

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  1. To kill or otherwise get rid of (such individuals)
  2. To become clean, clear, or pure
  3. To cause (a person) to empty the bowels

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• reanimate

  1. To reinvigorate:
  2. To reconstruct or re-create:
  3. To give new life to:

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  1. To reinvigorate:
  2. To reconstruct or re-create:
  3. To give new life to:

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• work a cure

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• cause to heal up

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• resuscitate

  1. To revive or revitalize; bring back to life; esp., to revive (someone in a faint, apparently dead, etc.), as by artificial respiration
  2. To restore consciousness or other signs of life to one who appears dead:
  3. To restore to use, activity, vigor, or notice; reinvigorate:

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  1. To revive or revitalize; bring back to life; esp., to revive (someone in a faint, apparently dead, etc.), as by artificial respiration
  2. To restore consciousness or other signs of life to one who appears dead:
  3. To restore to use, activity, vigor, or notice; reinvigorate:

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• salve

  1. To soothe or heal with salve.
  2. To ease the distress or agitation of; assuage:
  3. (Archaic) To apply salve to (wounds, etc.)

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  1. To soothe or heal with salve.
  2. To ease the distress or agitation of; assuage:
  3. (Archaic) To apply salve to (wounds, etc.)

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• help to get well

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• make better

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• nurse

  1. To cause or allow to take milk from the breast:
  2. To use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
  3. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:

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  1. To cause or allow to take milk from the breast:
  2. To use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
  3. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:

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• care for

  1. To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.
  2. To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.

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  1. To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.
  2. To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.

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• take-care-of

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• physic

  1. To have a curative effect on; heal
  2. To treat with or as if with medicine.
  3. To cure or heal.

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  1. To have a curative effect on; heal
  2. To treat with or as if with medicine.
  3. To cure or heal.

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• ameliorate

  1. To make or become better; improve:

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  1. To make or become better; improve:

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• patch-up

  1. To mend something by patching; usually a quick fix.
  2. (Idiomatic, figuratively) to repair, to make better
  3. (Idiomatic) to repair by adding a patch.

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  1. To mend something by patching; usually a quick fix.
  2. (Idiomatic, figuratively) to repair, to make better
  3. (Idiomatic) to repair by adding a patch.

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• reconcile

  1. To make content, submissive, or acquiescent (to)
  2. To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another:
  3. To bring (oneself) to accept:

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  1. To make content, submissive, or acquiescent (to)
  2. To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another:
  3. To bring (oneself) to accept:

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• conciliate

  1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
  2. To gain (regard, good will, etc.) by friendly acts
  3. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.

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  1. To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.
  2. To gain (regard, good will, etc.) by friendly acts
  3. To regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior.

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• set right

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• snatch from the jaws of death

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• doctor

  1. (--- Baseball) To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement:
  2. To try to heal; apply medicine to
  3. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of:

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  1. (--- Baseball) To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement:
  2. To try to heal; apply medicine to
  3. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of:

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• set up

  1. To gel or harden.
  2. Logically order.
  3. To ready something for use.

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  1. To gel or harden.
  2. Logically order.
  3. To ready something for use.

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• fix up

  1. To repair or refurbish.
  2. To prepare or provide (something).

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  1. To repair or refurbish.
  2. To prepare or provide (something).

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• put one on one's feet again

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• breathe new life into

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• give a new lease on life

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To recover

• get-well

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• knit

  1. To form into cloth in this way rather than by weaving
  2. To form (one or more stitches of the basic type)
  3. To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone.

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  1. To form into cloth in this way rather than by weaving
  2. To form (one or more stitches of the basic type)
  3. To become securely joined or mended together closely, as a fractured bone.

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• mend

  1. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  2. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  3. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

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  1. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  2. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  3. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

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• recuperate

  1. To return to health or strength; recover.
  2. To recover losses, etc.
  3. To be restored to health, strength, etc.; get well again; recover

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  1. To return to health or strength; recover.
  2. To recover losses, etc.
  3. To be restored to health, strength, etc.; get well again; recover

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• set

  1. To put in a specified position or arrangement; place:
  2. To diminish or decline; wane:
  3. (Botany) To produce, as after pollination:

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  1. To put in a specified position or arrangement; place:
  2. To diminish or decline; wane:
  3. (Botany) To produce, as after pollination:

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• close-up

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• scab over

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• cicatrize

  1. (Intransitive) To form a scar.
  2. To treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
  3. To heal or become healed by the formation of scar tissue.

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  1. (Intransitive) To form a scar.
  2. To treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
  3. To heal or become healed by the formation of scar tissue.

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• improve

  1. To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
  2. To become better:
  3. (Now Rare) To use profitably or to good advantage

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  1. To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
  2. To become better:
  3. (Now Rare) To use profitably or to good advantage

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• pull through

  1. To come through pain and trouble through perseverance
  2. To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through

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  1. To come through pain and trouble through perseverance
  2. To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through

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