Definition:
- (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
- (v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
- (v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
Compare relieve with other words:
defuse vs. relieve
relieve vs. relive
relieve vs. relievo
appease vs. relieve
relieve vs. relieved
believe vs. relieve
relieve vs. satisfy
good vs. relieve
relieve vs. resolve
relay vs. relieve
flake vs. relieve
decency vs. relieve
liss vs. relieve
relieve vs. undumpish
deplete vs. relieve
exempt vs. relieve
relieve vs. terminate
lighten vs. relieve
reject vs. relieve
reduce vs. relieve
mitigate vs. relieve
allay vs. relieve
relieve vs. succor
medicinal vs. relieve
palliate vs. relieve
relieve vs. unburden
expiate vs. relieve
compassion vs. relieve
relieve vs. soothe
relieve vs. reliever
content vs. relieve
relevant vs. relieve
relevancy vs. relieve
relevance vs. relieve
relieve vs. urinate
defecate vs. relieve
prominent vs. relieve
difficulty vs. relieve
release vs. relieve
military vs. relieve
debt vs. relieve
raise vs. relieve
assistance vs. relieve
comfort vs. relieve
alleviate vs. relieve
relief vs. relieve
anxious vs. relieve
distress vs. relieve
ease vs. relieve
redress vs. relieve
derivation vs. relieve
relax vs. relieve
relieve vs. rest
assuage vs. relieve
aid vs. relieve
relieve vs. spell