Unscramble relieve

Definition of relieve

verb:

• provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches". Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate.
• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations. Synonyms: take over.
• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam". Synonyms: exempt, free. Antonyms: enforce.
• lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience", "still the fears". Synonyms: allay, ease, still.
• save from ruin, destruction, or harm. Synonyms: salvage, salve, save.
• relieve oneself of troubling information. Synonyms: unbosom.
• provide relief for; "remedy his illness". Synonyms: remedy.
• free from a burden, evil, or distress.
• take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100".
• grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class". Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off.
• 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". Synonyms: lighten.

Related words

abreact, comfort, deregulate, derestrict, dispense, ease, forgive, frank, soothe, spare, spell.

Words nearby

believe, relieved, reliever, relievo, relive.

Rhymes with

achieve, aggrieve, aleve, believe, bereave, cleave, conceive, deceive, disbelieve, eve, geneve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, leave, misconceive, misperceive, naive.