How to pronounce “relieve”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]
• (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. [from 14th c.]
• (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.). [from 14th c.]
• (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]
• (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again. [15th–17th c.]
• (now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.). [from 15th c.]
• (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to. [from 15th c.]
• (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on. [from 16th c.]
• To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc. [from 16th c.]
• (originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place. [from 16th c.]
• (now rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief. [from 18th c.]
• (reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate. [from 20th c.]
• (reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
• [Noun]
• relief (protrusion)

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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