Relieve

Quick meaning: Relieve is a verb meaning (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

Meaning

(transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
2. (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
3. (now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
4. (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
5. (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
6. (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
7. (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.

Example Sentences

I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.

This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair […]

The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark

Word Forms

• relieves
• relieving
• relieved
• releeve

Synonyms for relieve

Depending on context, synonyms include allay, assuage, liss, boo-boo, crap, defecate.

Antonyms for relieve

Common opposites include apply, implement, enforce.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alleviate, assuage, palliate, allay, ease, unbosom.

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