Definitions of relieve
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To
lift
up;
to
raise
again,
as
one
who
has
fallen;
to
cause
to
rise.
-
To
cause
to
seem
to
rise;
to
put
in
relief;
to
give
prominence
or
conspicuousness
to;
to
set
off
by
contrast.
-
To
raise
up
something
in;
to
introduce
a
contrast
or
variety
into;
to
remove
the
monotony
or
sameness
of.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
To
free
from
pain,
suffering,
grief,
etc.;
as,
to
relieve
an
anxious
mind;
give
comfort
or
aid
to;
as,
to
relieve
the
needy;
reduce
in
severity;
lessen;
as,
to
relieve
anxiety;
to
free
from
a
post
of
duty;
as,
to
relieve
a
patrol;
make
less
grave
or
gloomy;
light
up;
as,
a
little
pleausre
relieves
the
monotony
of
work;
bring
out
by
contrast;
as,
a
touch
of
red
will
relieve
the
black.
-
To
remove
from
that
which
weighs
down
or
depresses:
to
lessen:
to
ease:
to
help:
to
release: (
fine
art)
to
set
off
by
contrast: (
law)
to
redress.
-
To
ease;
succor;
release;
bring
forward;
set
off.
-
To
alleviate;
lessen;
soften;
lighten.
-
To
bring
out
into
relief
from
a
surface.
-
(
1)
To
reenforce. (
2)
To
releasc,
as
a
sentinel,
by
substitution.
-
provide
physical
relief,
as
from
pain; "
This
pill
will
relieve
your
headaches"
-
grant
exemption
or
release
to; "
Please
excuse
me
from
this
class"
-
provide
relief
for; "
remedy
his
illness"
-
alleviate
or
remove; "
relieve
the
pressure
and
the
stress"
-
take
by
stealing; "
The
thief
relieved
me
of $
100"
-
free
from
a
burden,
evil,
or
distress
-
save
from
ruin,
destruction,
or
harm
-
To
set
free
from
pain,
grief, &
c.;
to
ease;
to
alleviate;
to
release
from
a
post
of
duty;
to
mitigate;
to
assist.
-
To
set
free
in
whole
or
in
part,
as
from
any
pain
of
body
or
distress
of
mind;
to
mitigate;
to
alleviate;
to
help;
to
succour;
to
release,
as
from
a
post
or
duty.
-
Relievable.
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