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Meaning of relieve

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  relieve
      v 1: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
           relieve your headaches" [syn: {relieve}, {alleviate},
           {palliate}, {assuage}]
      2: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations [syn:
         {take over}, {relieve}]
      3: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
         "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: {exempt}, {relieve},
         {free}] [ant: {apply}, {enforce}, {implement}]
      4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
         conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: {still}, {allay},
         {relieve}, {ease}]
      5: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: {salvage},
         {salve}, {relieve}, {save}]
      6: relieve oneself of troubling information [syn: {unbosom},
         {relieve}]
      7: provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: {remedy},
         {relieve}]
      8: free from a burden, evil, or distress
      9: take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
      10: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this
          class" [syn: {excuse}, {relieve}, {let off}, {exempt}]
      11: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less
          oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten
          the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn:
          {relieve}, {lighten}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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