Reliveverb
(transitive) To experience (something) again; to live over again.
‘I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming.’;
Relieveverb
To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
‘I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.’;
Reliveverb
To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate.
Relieveverb
To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
Reliveverb
(intransitive) To come back to life.
Relieveverb
To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
Reliveverb
To live again; to revive.
Relieveverb
To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
Reliveverb
To recall to life; to revive.
Relieveverb
(obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
Reliveverb
experience again, often in the imagination;
‘He relived the horrors of war’;
Relieveverb
To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
Relieveverb
(legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
‘This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.’;
Relieveverb
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
Relieveverb
To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
Relieveverb
To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
Relieveverb
To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
Relieveverb
(reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.
Relieveverb
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Relieveverb
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
‘Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height.’;
Relieveverb
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
‘The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection.’;
Relieveverb
To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
Relieveverb
To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
‘Now lend assistance and relieve the poor.’;
Relieveverb
To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
‘Who hath relieved you?’;
Relieveverb
To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
Relieveverb
provide physical relief, as from pain;
‘This pill will relieve your headaches’;
Relieveverb
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Relieveverb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
‘She exempted me from the exam’;
Relieveverb
lessen the intensity of or calm;
‘The news eased my conscience’; ‘still the fears’;
Relieveverb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Relieveverb
relieve oneself of troubling information
Relieveverb
alleviate or remove;
‘relieve the pressure and the stress’;
Relieveverb
provide relief for;
‘remedy his illness’;
Relieveverb
free from a burden, evil, or distress
Relieveverb
take by stealing;
‘The thief relieved me of $100’;
Relieveverb
grant exemption or release to;
‘Please excuse me from this class’;
