Definition of relief

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Relief (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry..

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Barbotine :: Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Fictor :: Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.
Presswork :: Presswork (n.) The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done..
Need :: Need (n.) A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
Libel :: Libel (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Grace :: Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
Physic :: Physic (n.) A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
Comfort :: Comfort (n.) Assistance; relief; support.
Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Help :: Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it..
Medallion :: Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief..
Spell :: Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead..
Outdoor :: Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..
Bass-relief :: Bass-relief (n.) Some as Bas-relief.
Photorelief :: Photorelief (n.) A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations..
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