Word Finder - relief

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The removal of stress or discomfort.

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I sighed with relief when I found out that my daughter hadn't got lost, but was waiting for me at home.

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The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.

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Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.

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The person who takes over a shift for another.

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Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.

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Aid or assistance offered in time of need.

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Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.

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A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.

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A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.

Relief brought a smile to her lips.

Relief brought tears to her eyes.

It was a relief to stretch out in a restaurant booth.

She sighed in relief and rested her head on Damian's shoulder.

Relief and fear unleashed within her, and she was hauled once again to her feet.

That's a relief, because I don't have any.

What she saw amazed her, and her eyes watered, this time out of relief and happiness.

The only relief he found came from composing.

Brady stared at the door to his bedroom, torn between relief and regret.

Relief made the tears she'd been holding begin to fall.

It would be a relief to turn all that stress over to him.

Jackson felt more relief than anything.

Alex let out a breath of relief.

It was dawn, and she breathed a sigh of relief at being safe.

Relief flooded her as she saw the police tape around the area where she'd found the body.

She couldn't see what he was doing, but she saw with relief he was alive.

In a way that was a relief, and yet it was a sad thought.

You do not know the relief of brushing away a fly that has bitten you, nor the delight of eating delicious food, nor the satisfaction of drawing a long breath of fresh, pure air.

Nervously, I dialed her cell and felt a flood of relief when she picked up.

It should have been a relief, and it would have been if she had considered it progress.

She almost cried in relief.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

To her relief, nothing appeared too off with his messages, except the encryption.

I rocked back in my chair, feeling a strange relief but unable to fathom the source.

Relief crossed her features.

Rainy nodded, a look of relief crossing his features, and Damian saw his mind was on his Natural ward, Traci.

The sound of her sister.s voice brought a waterfall of relief.

He could feel her sense of relief.

These were the first relief maps on record.

From the 6th to the 27th of June the handful of British soldiers, who composed the garrison of a fortification that could not have resisted a serious assault for a single hour, held out with the greatest gallantry in hope of relief.

After enduring the greatest hardships it was resolved to abandon the ship, Upernivik being reached on the 5th of August 1855, whence a relief expedition brought the explorers home.

A breach of condition may, however, be waived by the landlord, and the legislature has made provision for the relief of the tenant from the consequences of such breaches in certain cases.

Relief from forfeiture and rights of re-entry are now regulated chiefly by the Conveyancing Acts 1881 and 1882.

Mr Barnett did much to discourage outdoor relief, as tending to the pauperization of the neighbourhood.

At the same time the conditions of indoor relief were improved, and the various charities were co-ordinated, by co-operation with the Charity Organization Society and the parish board of guardians.

The other leaders had, however, to promise him possession of the city, before he would bring his negotiations with Firuz to a conclusion; and the matter was so long protracted that an army of relief under Kerbogha of Mosul was only at a distance of three days' march, when the city was taken (June 3, 1098).

Elsewhere the forms are Palaearctic with intrusions from the east; but the length of the Syrian strip and the variety of its surface relief admit of considerable difference in the species inhabiting different districts.

In defiance of an army which marched to the relief of the beleaguered city under Yusef the Almoravide, the Cid took Valencia after a siege of nine months, on the 15th of June 10 94 - the richest prize which up to that time had been recovered from the Moors.

In spite of the relief afforded by orthodox additions, it was urged that its Epicurean sentiments contradicted the Torah and favoured heresy.

Nor did the commons obtain relief through any commercial or colonial enterprises such as those which alleviated social distress in many other Greek states.

The city's contribution to the Liberty and Victory loans was $625,429,600, to the Red Cross 810,194,765, and to the seven relief agencies $13,909,000, making a total of $649,533,365.

In this case the central court is roofed over, and has an octagon lantern in the centre; the recesses are covered with horizontal ceilings carried on great beams, the whole being elaborately carved, coloured and gilded; the tomb is covered with the later type of dome, built in stone, and elaborately carved outside with delicate conventional patterns in relief.

The total number of persons in receipt of relief reached its maximum of nearly 700,000 in May 1897.

The expenditure on relief alone was about a million sterling; and the total cost of the famine, including loss of revenue, amounted to nearly twice that amount.

In addition, about 68,000 persons were in receipt of relief in the native states.

During the three years 1899-1902 the total expenditure on famine relief amounted to about four millions sterling.

Edward called her the merriest of his concubines, and she exercised great influence; but, says More, "never abused it to any man's hurt, but to many a man's comfort and relief."

Meanwhile he had been appointed secretary to the relief committee (comite des subsistances) of the commune of Paris.

The government yielded to the outcry that arose; but the expedients by which it sought to mitigate the evil, notably the division of those entitled to relief into classes, only increased the alarm and the discontent.

On the 4th of April it was reported to the government that 500,000 people in Paris were in need of relief.