relieve

relieved relieving relieves
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1. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
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2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
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3. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
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4. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
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5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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6. relieve oneself of troubling information
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7. alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"
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8. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
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9. free from a burden, evil, or distress
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10. take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
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11. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
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