a means of restoring a person to consciousness: Smelling salts serve as a restorative.
Origin of restorative
1350–1400; Middle English restoratif (adj. and noun) <Middle French restauratif<Latin restaurāt(us) (past participle of restaurāre to restore) + Middle French -if-ive
There is a kind of joy, too, that is redemptive, restorative—resurrection joy.
How to find joy during tough times|By Angela Gorrell/The Conversation|October 9, 2020|Popular Science
Versus prior to being introduced to restorative yoga, I was always looking for outside sources to help heal me and to also discover who I was.
How Yoga Got Oge Egbuonu Into Filmmaking|Daniel Malloy|October 6, 2020|Ozy
So I just started taking restorative yoga multiple times a week for about three months.
How Yoga Got Oge Egbuonu Into Filmmaking|Daniel Malloy|October 6, 2020|Ozy
I’m hoping that customers find a restorative beverage that centers them and helps them find focus while alleviating the innumerable stresses that come at us every single day.
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on launching a hemp-infused sparkling water brand|Rachel King|August 24, 2020|Fortune
They can push schools to reinvest resources at school level and implement restorative justice policies and practices that will help close the school-to-prison pipeline.
The US has an extraordinary opportunity to reform education|Jennifer E. Lacy|August 7, 2020|Vox
After, the restorative effects of “two jiggers from an old bottle of Wild Turkey,” he began the next chapter of his life.
10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography|Ben Jacobs|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And next week I'm starting something very exciting with a woman who is going to do an hour of restorative yoga with me.
Kathleen Turner's New Broadway High|Kevin Sessums|April 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A-listers including Madonna, Matthew McConaughey, and Demi Moore are hawking the restorative powers of coconut water.
What's Next for Foodies|Jacquelynn D. Powers|September 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Despite all this sensational, restorative sex, Stone is a teeny bit defensive about his heterosexuality.
Do I Have to Read Kisser?|William Boot|February 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Blanche, anxiously watching her, saw the serious necessity for giving some restorative to her instantly.
Man and Wife|Wilkie Collins
As a cooling and refreshing drink in warm weather; and as a restorative after hard drink, fatigue, &c.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
He looked vainly round the tent for a restorative—a drug, a flask of brandy, even a cup of water.
Samba|Herbert Strang
Tonics are used in the same diseases on the Restorative plan; but their utility extends also to other cases on the same grounds.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland
I must own, I have put some restorative drops in it, which are excellent.
Three Hours after Marriage|John Gay
British Dictionary definitions for restorative
restorative
/ (rɪˈstɒrətɪv) /
adjective
tending to revive or renew health, spirits, etc
noun
anything that restores or revives, esp a drug or agent that promotes health or strength