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relieve

verb as in help; give assistance

verb as in remove blame, responsibility

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Example Sentences

They seem to understand that what matters most in the end is whether the patient is relieved of his suffering.

Djamo relieves that stress and even allows customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.

I was relieved to be one step safer to the people around me in the community, all the while acknowledging that my social privilege, access to technology, and vehicle had given me a major advantage.

Across the region, children giggled under snowflakes while their parents said they were relieved to see some magic back in their lives.

The LuxFit is also helpful for relieving back pain that crops up in the course of daily life.

“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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