relieve
1. provide physical relief, as from pain (Freq. 9) - This pill will relieve your headaches • Syn: alleviate, palliate, assuage • Derivationally related forms: assuagement (for: assuage), palliative (for: palliate), palliation (for: palliate), alleviatory (for: alleviate), alleviative (for: alleviate), alleviation (for: alleviate), alleviator (for: alleviate), alleviant (for: alleviate) • Hypernyms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate • Hyponyms: soothe, comfort, ease • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (Freq. 4) • Syn: take over • Derivationally related forms: reliever • Hypernyms: free, discharge • Hyponyms: spell • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s (for: take over) - Sam cannot relieve Sue 3. lessen the intensity of or calm (Freq. 2) - The news eased my conscience - still the fears • Syn: still, allay, ease • Derivationally related forms: ease (for: ease), easement (for: ease), reliever, allayer (for: allay), still (for: still) • Hypernyms: comfort, soothe, console, solace • Hyponyms: abreact • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something - The good news will relieve her 4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to (Freq. 2) - She exempted me from the exam • Syn: exempt, free • Ant: enforce (for: exempt) • Derivationally related forms: exemption (for: exempt) • Hyponyms: derestrict, deregulate, dispense, forgive, spare • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody PP 5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm (Freq. 1) • Syn: salvage, salve, save • Derivationally related forms: saver (for: save), salvation (for: salve), salvage (for: salve), salvage (for: salvage), salvager (for: salvage) • Hypernyms: rescue, deliver • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 6. relieve oneself of troubling information (Freq. 1) • Syn: unbosom • Hypernyms: confide • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - They relieve themselves 7. provide relief for (Freq. 1) - remedy his illness • Syn: remedy • Derivationally related forms: remedy (for: remedy) • Topics: medicine, practice of medicine • Hypernyms: treat, care for • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 8. free from a burden, evil, or distress • Hypernyms: rid, free, disembarrass • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody of something 9. take by stealing - The thief relieved me of $100 • Hypernyms: take • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody of something - They relieve him of all his money 10. 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: lighten • Hypernyms: mitigate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 11. grant exemption or release to - Please excuse me from this class • Syn: excuse, let off, exempt • Derivationally related forms: excuse (for: excuse) • Hypernyms: absolve, justify, free • Hyponyms: frank • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s somebody PP - Sam cannot relieve Sue
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