Definition of relieve

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Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right..

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Reprieve :: Reprieve (v. t.) To relieve for a time, or temporarily..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
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..
Demesmerize :: Demesmerize (v. t.) To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.
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..
Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life..
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..
Ground :: Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground..
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..
Irresoluble :: Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being relieved or assisted.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Antasthmatic :: Antasthmatic (a.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma..
Unswathe :: Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..
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..
Relievable :: Relievable (a.) Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
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