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What (who) is Relieve - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Relieve; Relieves; Relieved; Relieving
relieve
¦ verb
1. alleviate or remove (pain, distress, or difficulty).
cause (someone) to stop feeling distressed or anxious.
2. release (someone) from duty by taking their place.
3. (relieve someone of) take (a burden or responsibility) from someone.
4. bring military support for (a besieged place).
5. make less tedious or monotonous.
6. (relieve oneself) formal or euphemistic urinate or defecate.
7. archaic make (something) stand out.
Derivatives
relievable adjective
relieved adjective
relievedly adverb
reliever noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. relever, from L. relevare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + levare 'raise'.
relieve
v.
1) (D; tr.) to relieve of (the general was relieved of his command)
2) (R) it relieved me to learn that they were safe
relieve
v. a.
1.
Succor, aid, help, assist, comfort, free.
2.
Allay, mitigate, assuage, soothe, lessen, palliate, ease, remedy, cure, remove, alleviate, abate, lighten, diminish.
3.
Redress, indemnify, right.
4.
Release, remedy.
5.
Put in relief, set off by contrast.
6.
Assist, help, support, sustain.
Wikipedia
Relief (disambiguation)
A relief is a sculpture where a modelled form projects from a flat background.
Relief may also refer to:
Examples of use of Relieve
1. Bush stressed the need to relieve disease, hunger and injustice.
2. New pipelines were meant to relieve the pressure this year.
3. Major central banks injected cash to relieve the liquidity crunch.
4. I think good expenditure can relieve social distress.
5. Alternatively, chew the seeds to relieve bad breath.