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List of meaning for relieve

to take away

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage(verb)

provide physical relief, as from pain

"This pill will relieve your headaches"

take over, relieve(verb)

free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

exempt, relieve, free(verb)

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

"She exempted me from the exam"

still, allay, relieve, ease(verb)

lessen the intensity of or calm

"The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

salvage, salve, relieve, save(verb)

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

unbosom, relieve(verb)

relieve oneself of troubling information

remedy, relieve(verb)

provide relief for

"remedy his illness"

relieve(verb)

free from a burden, evil, or distress

relieve(verb)

take by stealing

"The thief relieved me of $100"

excuse, relieve, let off, exempt(verb)

grant exemption or release to

"Please excuse me from this class"

relieve, lighten(verb)

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"

to make more bearable or less severe

an ice pack will relieve the swelling

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator

to take the place of

at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty

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