0 something that makes you feel better or more energetic if you are feeling tired or ill:
1 making you feel better or more energetic if you are feeling tired or ill:
There is something magically restorative about a good cup of tea.
I had a few days at a hotel in the mountains, which was so soothing and restorative.
You need to get enough deep, restorative sleep to wake up feel rested and refreshed.
Dentists have guarded a professional identity that values individual restorative practice, carried out in a small business setting, as in the interests of patients.
While the criminal justice process is adversarial, primarily offender focused and retributive in character, restorative approaches will make only marginal gains for justice.
The empowerment of victims within restorative justice may be illusory and tokenistic, with the key focus remaining on exploring 'economical' ways of managing the troublesome.
An important question requiring continued investigation in animals and humans relates to the cellular mechanisms underlying sleep deprivation-induced prefrontal deactivations and sleep-related restorative processes.
I therefore see restorative justice in this context as involving quite a strong element of retribution.