relieve

Meaning of relieve

verb
  1. To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
    I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.
  2. To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
  3. To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
  4. To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
  5. To lift up; to raise again.
  6. To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
  7. To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
    This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.
  8. To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
  9. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
  10. (job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
  11. To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
  12. To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

Information about relieve

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of relieve

re-lieve

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • relieve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

relieve synonyms

Meaning alleviate:

alleviate, palliate, assuage

Meaning exempt:

exempt, free

Meaning still:

still, allay, ease

Meaning salvage:

salvage, salve, save

Meaning unbosom:

unbosom

Meaning lighten:

lighten

Meaning remedy:

remedy

Meaning excuse:

excuse, exempt

Meaning :

liss

Translation of relieve

Words that rhyme with relieve

achieve, atchieve, chieve, mischieve, outachieve, outthieve, overachieve, reachieve, thieve, underachieve, kieve, believe, disbelieve, lieve, misbelieve, prebelieve, rebelieve, slieve, unbelieve, mieve, nieve, Grieve, aggrieve, brieve, engrieve, grieve, overgrieve, prieve, reprieve, retrieve, rieve, scrieve, shrieve, undergrieve, undershrieve, ungrieve, sieve, stieve, Genevieve, Genvieve

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