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relieve

/ relieve /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
provide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will relieve your headaches"
Type of:
better improve amend
Kinds of:
soothe comfort ease
Derived:
relief alleviation assuagement palliation easing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
alleviate or remove
"relieve the pressure and the stress"
Type of:
mitigate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
free from a burden, evil, or distress
Type of:
rid free disembarrass
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s to somebody
verb Sense 4
take by stealing
"The thief relieved me of $100"
Type of:
take
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s to somebody
verb Sense 5
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Type of:
free discharge
Derived:
stand-in substitute relief reliever backup
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 6
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"
Opposites:
enforce implement apply
Kinds of:
derestrict deregulate dispense forgive spare
Derived:
exemption freedom
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 7
relieve oneself of troubling information
Type of:
confide
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
grant exemption or release to
"Please excuse me from this class"
Type of:
absolve justify free
Kinds of:
frank
Derived:
excuse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 9
provide relief for
"remedy his illness"
Type of:
treat care for
Derived:
remedy curative cure
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
verb Sense 10
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Type of:
rescue deliver
Derived:
rescuer recoverer saver salvation salvage
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 11
lessen the intensity of or calm
"The news eased my conscience"
"still the fears"
Type of:
comfort soothe console
Kinds of:
abreact
Derived:
relief ease easing easement alleviation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
84%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
60
Times Searched
2
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better improve amend soothe comfort ease mitigate rid free disembarrass take discharge