| relieve | | |
| v. (body) | 1. alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve | provide physical relief, as from pain.; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (social) | 2. relieve, take over | free someone temporarily from his or her obligations. |
| ~ spell | relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn.; "She spelled her husband at the wheel" |
| ~ discharge, free | free from obligations or duties. |
| v. (social) | 3. exempt, free, relieve | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.; "She exempted me from the exam" |
| ~ 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 | absolve from payment.; "I forgive you your debt" |
| ~ spare | save or relieve from an experience or action.; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. allay, ease, relieve, still | lessen the intensity of or calm.; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" |
| ~ comfort, console, solace, soothe | give moral or emotional strength to. |
| ~ abreact | discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization. |
| v. (social) | 5. relieve, salvage, salve, save | save from ruin, destruction, or harm. |
| ~ rescue, deliver | free from harm or evil. |
| v. (communication) | 6. relieve, unbosom | relieve oneself of troubling information. |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| v. (body) | 7. relieve, remedy | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| v. (possession) | 8. relieve | free from a burden, evil, or distress. |
| ~ disembarrass, rid, free | relieve from.; "Rid the house of pests" |
| v. (possession) | 9. relieve | take by stealing.; "The thief relieved me of $100" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| v. (communication) | 10. excuse, exempt, let off, relieve | grant exemption or release to.; "Please excuse me from this class" |
| ~ frank | exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks. |
| ~ absolve, justify, free | let off the hook.; "I absolve you from this responsibility" |
| v. (change) | 11. lighten, 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" |
| ~ mitigate | make less severe or harsh.; "mitigating circumstances" |
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