Definition of Relieve

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Relieve

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Relieve Quotations

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.
Henry David Thoreau

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Charles de Montesquieu

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Ulysses S. Grant

Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.
Joan Van Ark

People are learning to feel more comfortable hearing one another's dreams. It used to be that if you told a dream in public, someone had to make a joke to relieve the tension introduced by that alternative reality.
Henry Reed

Relieve Translations

relieve in French is pallier
relieve in German is erleichtern, befreien, erleichtern
relieve in Italian is mitigare, agevolare
relieve in Latin is subvenio, relevo, lenio, subvenio
relieve in Spanish is aliviar, desahogar, deducir, relevar

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