Definition of relieves Relieves

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What does relieves mean?

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relieves, verb, present, 3rd person singular of relieve (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb relieves, relieving, relieved
relieve - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
		alleviate, palliate, assuage
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document"
		soothe cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
		comfort, ease lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
relieve - 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"
		lighten
		mitigate make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
relieve - take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
		take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
relieve - free from a burden, evil, or distress
		disembarrass, rid, free relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
relieve - save from ruin, destruction, or harm
		salvage, salve, save
		rescue, deliver take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
relieve - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
		exempt, free
		enforce, implement, apply ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
		derestrict make free from restrictions
		deregulate lift the regulations on
		dispense grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
		forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
		spare use frugally or carefully
relieve - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
		still, allay, ease
		console, solace, comfort, soothe lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
		abreact discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
relieve - free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
		take over
		discharge, free release from military service
		spell take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"
relieve - provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
		remedy
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
relieve - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
		excuse, let off, exempt
		absolve, justify, free let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
		frank exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
relieve - relieve oneself of troubling information
		unbosom
		confide reveal in private; tell confidentially

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Wiktionary

relieve (Verb)
To ease a person, person's thoughts etc. from mental distress; to stop someone feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
relieve (Verb)
To ease someone, a part of the body etc. or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
relieve (Verb)
To alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc..
relieve (Verb)
To provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty.
relieve (Verb)
To bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the seige on.
relieve (Verb)
To release someone from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

relieve (v. t.)
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
relieve (v. t.)
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
relieve (v. t.)
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
relieve (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.
relieve (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.
relieve (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.
relieve (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

relieve
To lessen the intensity of a situation.
relieve
To make easier to endure; provide physical relief, as from pain.
relieve
To grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

relieve
rē-lēv′, v.t. to remove from that which weighs down or depresses: to lessen: to ease: to help: to release: to support: to mitigate: to raise the siege of: (art) to set off by contrast: (law) to redress.—adj. Reliev′able.—n. Reliev′er, one who, or that which, relieves: (slang) a garment kept for being lent out.—adj. Reliev′ing, serving to relieve: (naut.) a temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel in a storm.—Relieving arch, an arch in a wall to relieve the part below it from a superincumbent weight; Relieving officer, a salaried official who superintends the relief of the poor. [O. Fr. relever, to raise again—L. relevāre—re-, again, levāre, to raise—levis, light.]