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relief
noun as in remedy, aid; relaxation
Strongest matches
alleviation, assistance, comfort, happiness, help, maintenance, reprieve, respite, satisfaction, support
Strong matches
abatement, amelioration, appeasement, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, handout, letup, lift, lightening, mitigation, mollification, palliative, refreshment, release, remission, rest, restfulness, softening, solace, succor, sustenance
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Senate Federal Credit Union, which is offering a “government shutdown relief loan program” that includes a no-interest loan of up to $5,000 to be repaid in full after 90 days.
That provided some relief for prisons in the face of overcrowding but populations have since continued to rise.
At least there will be some relief as the food that could not be taken out of Golo will be available.
Any ease in those tensions would bring relief to other countries in the region who have been caught in the middle.
Their middle relief is a mess, ravaged by injuries and plagued by baffling underperformance from those who remain.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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