Definition of relief

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Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure..

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..
Succorer :: Succorable (a.) Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) Help; succor; assistance; relief.
Anaglyptics :: Anaglyptics (n.) The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc..
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..
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) Interval of ease or relief; respite.
Neurotomy :: Neurotomy (n.) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes..
Panstereorama :: Panstereorama (n.) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like..
Relievement :: Relievement (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release..
Succorable :: Succor (v. t.) The person or thing that brings relief.
Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..
Redress :: Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Anaglyptic :: Anaglyptic (a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief..
Pseudoscopic :: Pseudoscopic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image..
Reliefless :: Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless..
Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief..
Aquapuncture :: Aquapuncture (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
Toreumatography :: Toreumatography (n.) A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
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