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Definitions for Relieve

[1] to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
[2] to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
[3] to free from need, poverty, etc.
[4] to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).
[5] to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.
[6] to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress): to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls.
[7] to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of: curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.
[8] to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.
[9] to release (one on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.
[10] Machinery . to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum. to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.
[11] Baseball . to replace (a pitcher).
[12] Baseball . to act as a relief pitcher: He relieved in 52 games for the Pirates last season.
[13] to relieve oneself , to urinate or defecate.
[14] to bring alleviation of (pain, distress, etc) to (someone)
[15] to bring aid or assistance to (someone in need, a disaster area, etc)
[16] to take over the duties or watch of (someone)
[17] to bring aid or a relieving force to (a besieged town, city, etc)
[18] to free (someone) from an obligation
[19] to make (something) less unpleasant, arduous, or monotonous
[20] to bring into relief or prominence, as by contrast
[21] (foll by of) informal to take from the thief relieved him of his watch
[22] relieve oneself to urinate or defecate

Words related to Relieve

mitigate, subdue, relax, ease, comfort, free, soothe, cure, calm, alleviate, diminish, allay, assuage, assist, absolve, appease, console, solace, palliate, lighten

Words nearby Relieve

relief map, relief pitcher, relief valve, reliefer, relier, relieve, relieve oneself, relieve someone of, relieved, reliever, relieving arch

Origin of Relieve

1300–50; Middle English releven < Middle French relever to raise < Latin relevāre to reduce the load of, lighten, equivalent to re- re- + levāre to raise, derivative of levis light in weight

Other words from Relieve

re·liev·a·ble , adjective
re·liev·ed·ly [ri-lee -vid-lee] /rɪˈli vɪd li/ , adverb
non·re·liev·ing , adjective
qua·si-re·lieved , adjective
un·re·liev·a·ble , adjective
un·re·lieved , adjective
un·re·liev·ed·ly , adverb
un·re·liev·ing , adjective
re•liev′ a•ble adj.

Word origin for Relieve

C14: from Old French relever , from Latin relevāre to lift up, relieve, from re- + levāre to lighten

Synonyms for Relieve

allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, comfort, cure, diminish, ease, free, mitigate, relax, soothe, subdue, abate, appease, break, brighten, console, decrease, divert, dull, interrupt, lighten, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, salve, slacken, soften, solace, temper, vary, take load off one's chest, take load off one's mind