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relieve (v.)
1.provide physical relief, as from pain"This pill will relieve your headaches"
2.provide relief for"remedy his illness"
3.alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive"relieve the pressure and the stress" "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
4.grant exemption or release to"Please excuse me from this class"
5.relieve oneself of troubling information
6.lessen the intensity of or calm"The news eased my conscience" "still the fears"
7.take by stealing"The thief relieved me of $100"
8.free from a burden, evil, or distress
9.free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
10.save from ruin, destruction, or harm
11.grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to"She exempted me from the exam"
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RelieveRe*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 alleviate; 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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relieve (v.)
abate, allay, alleviate, assist, assuage, calm, ease, excuse, exempt, extenuate, free, get something off one's chest, help, let off, lighten, lull, mitigate, mollify, palliate, placate, remedy, salvage, salve, save, soften, soothe, still, succour, support, sustain, take over, unbosom, unburden, quieten (British), tranquilize (spéc. anglais américain), tranquillise (spéc. anglais britannique)
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relieve (v.)
↘ appeasement, calming, lulling, quietening ↗ released ≠ administer, apply, carry out, carry through, enforce, execute, implement, put into effect, put into practice, put through
relieve (v.)
libérer (fr)[Classe]
sauver quelqu'un (fr)[Classe]
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mitigate[Hyper.]
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absolve, free, justify[Hyper.]
excuse[Dérivé]
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confide[Hyper.]
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faire devenir calme, tranquille (fr)[Classe]
dispute (fr)[termes liés]
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take[Hyper.]
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disembarrass, free, rid[Hyper.]
relieve (v.)
libérer (fr)[Classe]
remplacer qqn ou qqch (fr)[Classe]
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