Definition of relieve

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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..

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Humanity :: Humanity (n.) The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..
Seasoning :: Seasoning (n.) Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Expedite :: Expedite (v. t.) To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants..
Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..
Refresh :: Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Reliever :: Reliever (n.) One who, or that which, relieves..
Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
Relax :: Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind..
Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay..
Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part..
Recreate :: Recreate (v. t.) To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify..
Carminative :: Carminative (n.) A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc..
Celotomy :: Celotomy (n.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia..
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