relieve

Definition of relieve in English English dictionary: To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.); To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc; To lift up; to raise again; To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to
This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.; To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief
The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair .; To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort; To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty); To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place; To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of; To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on; To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate; To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.); {v} to succor, help, ease, free, change; 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 raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of; provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"; 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; If people or animals relieve themselves, they urinate or defecate. It is not difficult to train your dog to relieve itself on command; provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" 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; grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"; lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"; free from a burden, evil, or distress; To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast; {f} ease, alleviate; offer assistance; release, liberate; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations; If someone relieves you of something, they take it away from you. A porter relieved her of the three large cases; If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely. Drugs can relieve much of the pain; relieve oneself of troubling information; To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise; 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; If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you. A part-time bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasing unpaid invoices and paying bills; 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; alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; If someone is relieved of their duties or is relieved of their post, they are told that they are no longer required to continue in their job. The officer involved was relieved of his duties because he had violated strict guidelines; If an army relieves a town or another place which has been surrounded by enemy forces, it frees it. The offensive began several days ago as an attempt to relieve the town; 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; provide relief for; "remedy his illness"; If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing. At seven o'clock the night nurse came in to relieve her
relieve oneself: To urinate and/or defecate
If you'll excuse me, I must relieve myself.
relieve oneself: urinate or defecate
relieve bowels: defecate, have a bowel movement
relieve guard: change guards
relieve someone of: take something away from someone
relieved: Simple past tense and past participle of relieve
relieved: Experiencing or exhibiting relief
reliever: A relief pitcher
The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.
reliever: Someone who fills in for another
I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
relievable: {a} capable, or deserving of relief
reliever: {n} one that relieves, one that eases
do beards relieve themselves in the woods: see: do bears shit in the woods
relievable: {s} can be lessened, can be alleviated, can be eased
relievable: Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief
relieved: past of relieve
relieved: {s} eased; alleviated; showing relief from worry or anxiety; eased from emotions that were held in; replaced (e.g.: "Tom's shift was over at 10: 00 PM and Jim relieved him")
relieved: alleviated
relieved: (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
relieved: If you are relieved, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening. We are all relieved to be back home. feeling happy because you are no longer worried about something relief greatly/immensely/extremely etc relieved
reliever: A pitcher who comes into a game which is in-progress
reliever: a person who reduces the intensity (e g , of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
reliever: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
reliever: of fears and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears
reliever: a pitcher who does not start the game a person who reduces the intensity e
reliever: a pitcher who does not start the game
reliever: One who, or that which, relieves
reliever: {i} person or thing that alleviates; releaser, liberator
relieves: third-person singular of relieve
relieving: present participle of relieve
relieving: A machining process in which a FORM TOOL is used to cut teeth for cutting tools to specified contour
relieving: {i} alleviation, easement; act of releasing, liberation
relieving: Serving or tending to relieve
stress relieve: To subject springs to low-temperature heat treatment so as to relieve residual stress
stress relieve: To heat a part to a desired temperature, hold the temperature for a predetermined time, and then cool the part gradually in air The process reduces internal stresses
stress relieve: to subject springs to low-temperature heat treatment so as to relieve residual stresses
stress relieve: To subject spring to low-temperature heat treatment so as to relieve residual stress

relieve

Hyphenation

re·lieve

Turkish pronunciation

riliv

Synonyms

abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull

Antonyms

harm, hurt, injure, pain, burden, discourage, trouble, upset, worry, accuse, blame, condemn

Pronunciation

/rēˈlēv/ /riːˈliːv/

Etymology

() From Anglo-Norman releiver, relevier, relever et al., and its source, Latin relevare (“to lift up, rause, make light, lighten, relieve, alleviate, lessen, ease, comfort”), from re (“again”) + levare (“to lift”). Compare levant, levity, etc.