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(verb) provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
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Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, comfort, ease, improve, meliorate, soothe |
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(verb) take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100" |
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Related Words: take |
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(verb) free from a burden, evil, or distress |
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Synonyms: deliver |
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Related Words: disembarrass, free, rid |
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| 4. |
(verb) provide relief for |
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Synonyms: remedy |
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Related Words: care for, treat |
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(verb) grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class |
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Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off |
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Related Words: absolve, frank, free, justify |
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(verb) relieve oneself of troubling information |
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Synonyms: unbosom |
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Related Words: confide |
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(verb) free someone temporarily form his or her obligations |
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Synonyms: take over |
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Related Words: discharge, free |
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(verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" |
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Synonyms: exempt, free |
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Related Words: deregulate, derestrict, dispense, forgive, spare |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of; calm; as of of anxieties and fears |
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Synonyms: allay, ease, still |
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Related Words: abreact, comfort, console, solace, soothe |
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(verb) save from ruin or destruction |
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Synonyms: salvage, salve, save |
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Related Words: deliver, rescue |
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