The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word THERAPY
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More clues leading to the result THERAPY
- Those people must accept rebuke for this treatment
- Treatment of those people about criminal charge
- Treatment of some music other people must accept
- Male brought in injured party for treatment
- Those people about to knock Freudian process
- What psychoanalyst gives male during wild party?
- Cut reversed during solver’s treatment
- Treatment of patient? Yes, initially, after 5
- Pray the change will do you good
- An attempt to cure bloke recruited by battered party
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The straight part
We know that "treatment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case treatment = therapy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does THERAPY mean?
THERAPY noun- Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
- Healing power or quality.
- To treat with a therapy.
- To undergo a therapy.