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| 1. | [ verb ] provide physical relief, as from pain | |
| Synonyms: | alleviate assuage palliate | |
| Examples: | "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
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| Related terms: | better comfort soothe relief easing alleviator palliative | |
| 2. | [ verb ] free someone temporarily from his or her obligations | |
| Synonyms: | take_over | |
| Related terms: | free stand-in | |
| 3. | [ verb ] grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | |
| Synonyms: | free exempt | |
| Examples: | "She exempted me from the exam" |
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| Related terms: | enforce spare forgive deregulate derestrict dispense exemption | |
| 4. | [ verb ] lessen the intensity of or calm | |
| Synonyms: | ease allay still | |
| Examples: | "The news eased my conscience" "still the fears" |
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| Related terms: | comfort abreact relief hush allayer | |
| 5. | [ verb ] save from ruin or destruction | |
| Synonyms: | save salvage salve | |
| Related terms: | rescue rescuer salvage salvage | |
| 6. | [ verb ] alleviate or remove | |
| Examples: | "relieve the pressure and the stress" |
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| Related terms: | mitigate | |
| 7. | [ verb ] relieve oneself of troubling information | |
| Synonyms: | unbosom | |
| Related terms: | confide | |
| 8. | [ verb ] provide relief for | |
| Synonyms: | remedy | |
| Examples: | "remedy his illness" |
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| Related terms: | treat medicine | |
| 9. | [ verb ] free from a burden, evil, or distress | |
| Synonyms: | deliver | |
| Related terms: | rid | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (criminal law) take by stealing | |
| Examples: | "The thief relieved me of $100" |
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| Related terms: | take | |
| 11. | [ verb ] grant exemption or release to | |
| Synonyms: | excuse exempt let_off | |
| Examples: | "Please excuse me from this class |
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| Related terms: | absolve frank excuse | |
| Similar spelling: |
relief relievo relive |
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