relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous. relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable.

RELIEVE definition: to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.). See examples of relieve used in a sentence.

RELIEVE definition: 1. to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong: 2. to improve an unpleasant…. Learn more.

Definition of relieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Synonyms: relieve, allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten2, mitigate, palliate These verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable. To relieve is to make more endurable …

to ease, lessen, or make less unpleasant:[~ + object] Aspirin may relieve the pain. to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.:[~ + object] We were relieved by the good news.

5 days ago · relieve (third-person singular simple present relieves, present participle relieving, simple past and past participle relieved) (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) …

If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing. At seven o'clock the night nurse came in to relieve her. [VERB noun]

relieve definition: provide a break or diversion from something unpleasant. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like …

To relieve is to ease a burden or take over for someone. An aspirin can relieve a headache, and a substitute can relieve the teacher who fell asleep on her desk after lunch. Relieve comes from …