relieve: betekenis en definities

To cause a lessening or alleviation of: relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.

To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.

To furnish assistance or aid to.

To rescue from siege.

To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden, as by law or legislation.

To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.

Baseball To take over for (a relief pitcher).

To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant: Only one small candle relieved the gloom.

To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.

Informal To rob or deprive: Pickpockets relieved him of his money.

relieve (oneself) To urinate or defecate.