relieve

v. ease, alleviate; offer assistance; release, liberate

Verb
1. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
(synonym) alleviate, palliate, assuage
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) soothe
2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
(synonym) take over
(hypernym) free, discharge
(derivation) stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
3. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
(synonym) exempt, free
(hyponym) derestrict
4. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
(synonym) still, allay, ease
(hypernym) comfort, soothe, console, solace
(hyponym) abreact
(derivation) reliever, allayer, comforter
5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
(synonym) salvage, salve, save
(hypernym) rescue, deliver
6. relieve oneself of troubling information
(synonym) unbosom
(hypernym) confide
7. alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"
(hypernym) mitigate
8. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
(synonym) remedy
(hypernym) treat, care for
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
9. free from a burden, evil, or distress
(hypernym) rid, free, disembarrass
10. take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
(hypernym) take
11. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
(synonym) excuse, let off, exempt
(hypernym) absolve, justify, free
(hyponym) frank

n. relief; setoff

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
  

= relief.
Ex: A photographic exposure was made on a surface of gelatine treated so that it reproduced the picture in negative relief.
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* colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
* en relieve = engraved, raised, in relief.
* grabado en relieve = embossed.
* grabar en relieve = emboss.
* mapa en relieve = relief map.
* máquina de estampar en relieve = embossing machine.
* plancha de impresión en relieve de cobre = engraved copper plate.
* poner de relieve = bring into + relief, throw into + relief, underscore, highlight, show, state, throw up, evince, illustrate, underline, emphasise [emphasize, -USA].