[
US
/ɹiˈɫiv, ɹɪˈɫiv/
]
[ UK /ɹɪlˈiːv/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪlˈiːv/ ]
VERB
-
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
She exempted me from the exam -
provide relief for
remedy his illness - free from a burden, evil, or distress
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take by stealing
The thief relieved me of $100 - free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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provide physical relief, as from pain
This pill will relieve your headaches -
lessen the intensity of or calm
still the fears
The news eased my conscience -
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
relieve the pressure and the stress -
grant exemption or release to
Please excuse me from this class - relieve oneself of troubling information
How To Use relieve In A Sentence
- The watch on deck soon came to the conclusion that "sailoring" was not particularly funny at night, for there was a good deal of gaping, and not a little impatience for the eight bells that would relieve them for Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
- Refreshed and regowned, again in dark colors unrelieved by any bright embroidery, Aene paced nervously along a subtly lit path towards the Castrea residence.
- We were greatly relieved at the the news of their safe return.
- To relieve anxiety about funeral costs, we will introduce a funeral payment of ￡600, available on request.
- [4] The translator's word 'relieve' (relyuue) represents Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
- Rangers should be relieved but the country as a whole should be mortified to be portrayed in this way.
- I was relieved that we had averted yet another financial crisis .
- And to relieve insomnia, try putting a drop of basil, chamomile, clary sage or lavender onto your pillow at night.
- Native Americans have long used cramp bark, an aptly named antispasmodic herb, to relieve menstrual cramps.
- Immediate pressure on peasant living standards was relieved by the abolition of redemption dues and restraint of the tax burden.