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View definitions for relieve

relieve

verb as in help; give assistance

verb as in remove blame, responsibility

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Example Sentences

“Seth kept the team together, but his constant need to relieve himself kept the team down,” says the announcer.

Women have become more professional and independent, so a lot of them are looking at role revisal to relieve similar tensions.

Adam Kawalek went from Los Angeles to Gaza to try to relieve the suffering of the sick and wounded there.

However, medications and therapies have been developed to relieve symptoms significantly.

Each of these developments would be good news for Tesla and would relieve the company of billions of dollars in annual costs.

We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida fell without the English commander making any apparent effort to relieve them.

Dorothy had tried her best to relieve Letty of half her burthen, and in return had been made a bone of contention between them.

Consequently the House gave a friendly reception to a Bill intended to relieve them of some of their pecuniary burdens.

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On this page you'll find 225 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to relieve, such as: allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, comfort, and cure.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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