Word Finder - relieve

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To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.

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I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.

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To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

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To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).

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To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).

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To lift up; to raise again.

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To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).

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To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.

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This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

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To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.

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To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.

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(job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.

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To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.

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To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

She blinked to relieve the stinging in her eyes.

That was when Mary decided to relieve her mind of a troubling thought.

A wonderful natural way to relieve stress is meditation.

He made an attempt, however, to relieve Mons,.

If you don't get some sleep when you go home, you won't be able to relieve me tonight.

He pulled the robe over her exposed body, feeling the urge to run to the gym or call Jenn for a quickie to relieve the sexual spring within him.

In Italy there is no legal right in the poor to be supported by the parish or commune, nor any obligation on the commune to relieve the poorexcept in the case of forsaken children and the sick poor.

Shifting her position to relieve a cramp in her hip, she twisted the injured shoulder and cried out in pain.

I'll stand watch first and Fritz can relieve me in an hour.

He exited the door in front of her and reached back to relieve her of the basket.

I'm trying to relieve him of some responsibility.

Howitt's party, sent on purpose to find and relieve that of Burke.

But if the change from straight to circular is made through the medium of a suitable curve it is possible to relieve the abruptness, even on curves of comparatively small radius.

Treating stress with massage helps to relieve the pain caused by muscle tension, as the soothing touch also promotes a feeling of well-being and calm.

In addition to the actual massage itself, the general setting of most massage areas helps to relieve stress and promote a relaxed feeling.

But the suppression of disorder did not relieve the tension between the congress and the executive.

He established a lending stock to help struggling business men and did much to relieve debtors who had been thrown into prison.

A young couple chooses someone's backyard to relieve their passions!

Mr Kenny said he smoked cannabis to relieve chronic back pain.

She is very tired, rolling her head as if to relieve a cramp in her neck.

All I needed was some something to relieve the pain from some rather nasty mosquito bites I have acquired.

Saks for the Boys Indian Head Massage and back massage to relieve stress and aid relaxation.

These are the measures the government has adopted to re- establish order and relieve your condition.

The wearer can smooth on a lavender, vanilla, or sandalwood to relax and relieve anxiety after a long, stressful day.

This liquid herbal blend is sprayed on the tongue to help relieve feelings of overwhelm and stress.

Use it at work when a 5 minute break will help relieve stress associated with the workday.

He had joined his efforts to those of Francis Place, of Westminster, and other philanthropists, to relieve and improve the condition of the working classes, labouring especially to establish schools for them on the Lancasterian system, and promoting the formation of savings banks.

The Porte now made another effort to assist its protégé two columns were despatched from Medina and Basra respectively, to relieve Hail, and drive out the Wahhabis.

He selected the latter role, broke with Henry, and tried to relieve Rouen.

They were willing to take all the risks and relieve her of all responsibility; they filled her coffers with Spanish gold which they plundered as pirates, knowing that they might be hanged if caught; and they fought Elizabeths enemies in France and in the Netherlands as irregulars, taking their chance of being shot if taken prisoners.

Seven bishops, who presented Trial of a petition asking him to relieve the clergy from the burthen of proclaiming what they believed to be illegal, were brought to trial for publishing a seditious libel.

With such vast multitudes to relieve, it proved impracticable to exact the labor which was required as a test of destitution.

He offered to relieve the shipping interest by transferring some of the cost of lighting the coasts to the Consolidated Fund; the West Indja interest by sanctioning the refining of sugar in bond; and the landed classes by reducing the malt tax by one-half, and by repealing the old war duty on hops.

Anxious as Gladstones ministry was to restrict the sphere of its responsibilities, it was compelled to send an expedition to relieve General Gordon; and Lord Wolseley, who was appointed to the command, decided on moving up the Nile to his relief.

Nature, indeed, cannot relieve men of their duty to be wise and brave, but, in the marvellous configuration of land and sea about Constantinople, nature has done her utmost to enable human skill and courage to establish there the splendid and stable throne of a great empire.

The measures taken to relieve distress had allured a multitude of needy and desperate men from the surrounding country.

The physiological action of stramonium resembles that of belladonna, except that stramonium relaxes to a greater extent the unstriped muscle of the bronchial tubes; for this reason it is used in asthma to relieve the bronchial spasm.

Meantime, in 1418, Henry had gone in person to relieve Ceuta from an attack of Morocco and Granada Mussulmans; had accomplished his task, and had planned, though he did not carry out, a seizure of Gibraltar.

He also did something to relieve the persecuted Protestants of France.

Again in 1591, in the very midst of a campaign against Maurice of Nassau, sorely against his will, the duke of Parma was obliged to give up the engrossing struggle and march to relieve Rouen.

He introduced a Land Bill to relieve tenants from legal process if they paid half their rent, and foretold disorder in consequence of its rejection.

The poor-rate and the county cess, which latter was mostly paid by the tenants, were consolidated, and an agricultural grant of £730,000 was voted by parliament in order to relieve both parties.

On the departure of the Romans he succeeded in recovering Gythium, in spite of an attempt to relieve it made by the Achaeans under Philopoemen, but in an encounter he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of that general, who for thirty days ravaged Laconia unopposed.

Holding aloof from active affairs, he tried to relieve the incurable boredom of satiety in.

The next task was to relieve Paris of Bonaparte, who had already refused to repeat Hoches unhappy expedition to Ireland and to attack England at home without either money or a navy.

Grant therefore directed Thomas to move forward on the centre to relieve the pressure on Sherman.

In 15 4 8 he founded the celebrated confraternity of the Santissima Trinita de' Pellegrini e de' Convalescente, whose primary object is to minister to the needs of the thousands of poor pilgrims who flock to Rome, especially in years of jubilee, and also to relieve the patients discharged from hospitals, but still too weak for labour.

In the meantime an insurrection had broken out in Darfur, and Gordon proceeded to that province to relieve the Egyptian garrisons, which were considerably stronger than the force he had available, the insurgents also being far more numerous than his little army.

The siege commenced on the 18th of March, but it was not until August that the British government under the pressure of public opinion decided to take steps to relieve Gordon.

But first, honour as well as expediency moved him to attempt to relieve Magdeburg, now closely invested by the imperialists, especially as his hands had now been considerably strengthened by a definite alliance with France (treaty of Barwalde, 13th of January 1631).