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Relieve

Relieve Meaning & Definition
Relieve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Relieve?

[v] provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
[v] provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
[v] alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"
[v] grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
[v] relieve oneself of troubling information
[v] lessen the intensity of; calm; as of anxieties and fears
[v] take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
[v] free from a burden, evil, or distress
[v] free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
[v] save from ruin or destruction
[v] grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Relieve: allay | alleviate | assuage | ease | excuse | exempt | exempt | let off | palliate | remedy | salvage | salve | save | still | take over | unbosom

Related Terms | Find terms related to Relieve:

See Also | abreact | absolve | ameliorate | amend | better | care for | comfort | comfort | confide | console | deliver | deregulate | derestrict | discharge | disembarrass | dispense | ease | forgive | frank | free | free | free | improve | justify | meliorate | mitigate | rescue | rid | solace | soothe | soothe | spare | take | treat

Relieve In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*lieve"\ (r?-l?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relieved} (-l?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relieving}.] [OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis light. See {Levity}, and cf. {Relevant}, {Relief}.] 1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast. Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. --Addison. 4. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to allevate; to-abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor. 5. To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town. Now lend assistance and relieve the poor. --Dryden. 6. To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty. Who hath relieved you? --Shak. 7. To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right. Syn: To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify.

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