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| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less painful; let up on |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull, ease, free, interrupt, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, relax, salve, slacken, soften, solace, soothe, subdue, take load off one’s chest, take load off one’s mind, temper, vary |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure, pain |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help; give assistance |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bring aid, give a break, give a hand, give a rest, spell, stand in for, substitute for, succor, support, sustain, take over from, take the place of |
| Antonyms: | burden, discourage, hurt, trouble, upset, worry |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.
| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove blame, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absolve, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, dismiss, dispense, excuse, exempt, force to resign, free, let off, privilege, pull, release, spare, throw out, unburden, yank* |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, condemn |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To make less severe or more bearable. |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, palliate |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
| Main Entry: | rid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable. |
| Synonyms: | clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, shake off, throw off, unburden |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To give support or assistance. |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, assist, boost, succor |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | excuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To free from an obligation or duty. |
| Synonyms: | absolve, discharge, dispense, exempt, let off, spare |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute. |
| Synonyms: | spell, take over |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | absolve, allay, alleviate, assuage, disburden, disengage, disentangle, dismiss, ease, exempt, extricate, help, lessen, mitigate, palliate, redress, relax, remedy, rescue, soothe, spell, sub, substitute, succor |
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