relieve

Verb
  1. Provide physical relief, as from pain (synset 200063866)
    "This pill will relieve your headaches"
    is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
    subtypes:
    same as: alleviate, assuage, palliate
  2. Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (synset 202417305)
    is a type of: discharge, free - free from obligations or duties
    subtypes: spell - relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn
    same as: take over
  3. Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to (synset 202570061)
    "She exempted me from the exam"
    subtypes:
    • derestrict - make free from restrictions
    • deregulate - lift the regulations on
    • dispense - grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
    • forgive - absolve from payment
    • spare - save or relieve from an experience or action
    same as: exempt, free
  4. Lessen the intensity of or calm (synset 201819152)
    "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
    is a type of: comfort, console, solace, soothe - give moral or emotional strength to
    subtypes: abreact - discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
    same as: allay, ease, still
  5. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm (synset 202556565)
    is a type of: deliver, rescue - free from harm or evil
    same as: salvage, salve, save
  6. Relieve oneself of troubling information (synset 200938680)
    is a type of: confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
    same as: unbosom
  7. Provide relief for (synset 200082316)
    "remedy his illness"
    referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
    is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for
    same as: remedy
  8. Free from a burden, evil, or distress (synset 202317976)
    is a type of: disembarrass, free, rid - relieve from
  9. Take by stealing (synset 202317862)
    "The thief relieved me of $100"
    is a type of: take - take by force
  10. Grant exemption or release to (synset 200895399)
    "Please excuse me from this class"
    is a type of: absolve, free - let off the hook
    subtypes: frank - exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
    same as: excuse, exempt, let off
  11. Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive (synset 200199442)
    "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
    is a type of: mitigate - make less severe or harsh
    same as: lighten

Other Searches