relieved Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide physical relief, as from pain
    assuage; relieve; palliate; alleviate.
    • This pill will relieve your headaches
  2. verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
    relieve; take over.
  3. verb grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
    relieve; free; exempt.
    • She exempted me from the exam
  4. verb lessen the intensity of or calm
    relieve; allay; still; ease.
    • The news eased my conscience
    • still the fears
  5. verb save from ruin, destruction, or harm
    save; relieve; salvage; salve.
  6. verb relieve oneself of troubling information
    relieve; unbosom.
  7. verb provide relief for
    remedy; relieve.
    • remedy his illness
  8. verb free from a burden, evil, or distress
    relieve.
  9. verb take by stealing
    relieve.
    • The thief relieved me of $100
  10. verb grant exemption or release to
    excuse; relieve; let off; exempt.
    • Please excuse me from this class
  11. verb alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
    lighten; relieve.
    • relieve the pressure and the stress
    • lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
  12. adjective satellite (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
    alleviated; eased.
  13. adjective satellite extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
    sticking; jutting; protruding; sticking out; projected; projecting.
    • the jutting limb of a tree
    • massive projected buttresses
    • his protruding ribs
    • a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

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