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Definition of relief

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Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

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Physic :: Physic (n.) A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

Toreumatography :: Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].

Charity :: Charity (n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

Pseudoscopic :: Pseudoscopic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image..

Liss :: Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.

Alto-rilievo :: Alto-rilievo (n.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo..

Ectype :: Ectype (n.) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely)..

Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..

Ground :: Ground (n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief..

Bidale :: Bidale (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief..

Champe :: Champe (n.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding..

Need :: Need (n.) A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Phototype :: Phototype (n.) A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained..

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) Help; succor; assistance; relief.

Help :: Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it..

Stereograph :: Stereogram (n.) A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph..

Easement :: Easement (n.) That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation..