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Relieve 1

Definition: To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

Relieve 2

Definition: To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

Relieve 3

Definition: To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

Relieve 4

Definition: To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

Relieve 5

Definition: 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.

Relieve 6

Definition: 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.

Relieve 7

Definition: 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.

relieve 8

Definition: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

relieve 9

Definition: provide relief for; "remedy his illness"

relieve 10

Definition: alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"

relieve 11

Definition: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

relieve 12

Definition: relieve oneself of troubling information

relieve 13

Definition: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

relieve 14

Definition: take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of

relieve 15

Definition: free from a burden, evil, or distress

relieve 16

Definition: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

relieve 17

Definition: save from ruin, destruction, or harm

relieve 18

Definition: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

 

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