The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HEELING
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What does HEELING mean?
HEELING verb- To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- To become better or healthy again.
- To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To incline to one side; to tilt.
- An inclination to one side; a tilt.
- To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
- (now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).