relieved
Use Relieved in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
2.
to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
3.
to free from need, poverty, etc.
4.
to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).
5.
to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.
6.
7.
to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of: curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.
8.
to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.
9.
to release (one on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.
10.
Machinery.
a.
to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum.
b.
to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.
11.
Baseball. to replace (a pitcher).
verb (used without object)
12.
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Relieved
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13.
to relieve oneself, to urinate or defecate.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English releven < Middle French relever to raise < Latin relevāre to reduce the load of, lighten, equivalent to re- re- + levāre to raise, derivative of levis light in weight
1300–50; Middle English releven < Middle French relever to raise < Latin relevāre to reduce the load of, lighten, equivalent to re- re- + levāre to raise, derivative of levis light in weight
Related forms
re·liev·a·ble, adjective
vɪd non·re·liev·ing, adjective
qua·si-re·lieved, adjective
un·re·liev·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. mitigate, assuage, allay, lighten, lessen, abate, diminish. See comfort. 1-4. aid, help, assist. 3. support, sustain. 4. succor.
1. mitigate, assuage, allay, lighten, lessen, abate, diminish. See comfort. 1-4. aid, help, assist. 3. support, sustain. 4. succor.
Antonyms
1. intensify.
1. intensify.
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relieve (rɪˈliːv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to bring alleviation of (pain, distress, etc) to (someone) |
| 2. | to bring aid or assistance to (someone in need, a disaster area, etc) |
| 3. | to take over the duties or watch of (someone) |
| 4. | to bring aid or a relieving force to (a besieged town, city, etc) |
| 5. | to free (someone) from an obligation |
| 6. | to make (something) less unpleasant, arduous, or monotonous |
| 7. | to bring into relief or prominence, as by contrast |
| 8. | informal ( |
| 9. | relieve oneself to urinate or defecate |
| [C14: from Old French relever, from Latin relevāre to lift up, relieve, from | |
| re'lievable | |
| —adj | |
| relieved (rɪˈliːvd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (postpositive; |
| 2. | mechanical engineering having part of the surface cut away to avoid friction or wear |
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Word Origin & History
relieve
c.1300, from O.Fr. relever "to raise, relieve" (11c.), from L. relevare "to raise, alleviate," from re-, intensive prefix, + levare "to lift up, lighten," from levis "not heavy" (see lever). The notion is "to raise (someone) out of trouble." Reliever in the baseball pitcher
sense is recorded from 1967. Related: relieved.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
relieve re·lieve (rĭ-lēv')
v. re·lieved, re·liev·ing, re·lieves
To cause a lessening or alleviation of something, such as pain, tension, or a symptom.
To free an individual from pain, anxiety, or distress.
re·liev'a·ble adj.
re·liev'er n.
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Example sentences
By this time, they had been relieved of almost all their possessions: books, clothes and money.
But this shift from sunlight to shadow, from bright to dark, becomes monotonous unless relieved by other artistic movements.
His attorney on appeal has moved to be relieved as counsel on grounds that the appeal is wholly without merit.
Freedman presents some compelling anecdotes about patients whose pain was relieved by alternative medicine.
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