relieved Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb provide physical relief, as from pain
   assuage; relieve; palliate; alleviate.
   
   • This pill will relieve your headaches
2. verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
   relieve; take over.
   
3. verb grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
   relieve; free; exempt.
   
   • She exempted me from the exam
4. verb lessen the intensity of or calm
   relieve; allay; still; ease.
   
   • The news eased my conscience
   • still the fears
5. verb save from ruin, destruction, or harm
   save; relieve; salvage; salve.
   
6. verb relieve oneself of troubling information
   relieve; unbosom.
   
7. verb provide relief for
   remedy; relieve.
   
   • remedy his illness
8. verb free from a burden, evil, or distress
   relieve.
   
9. verb take by stealing
   relieve.
   
   • The thief relieved me of $100
10. verb grant exemption or release to
    excuse; relieve; let off; exempt.
    
    • Please excuse me from this class
11. verb alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
    lighten; relieve.
    
    • relieve the pressure and the stress
    • lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
12. adjective satellite (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
    alleviated; eased.
    
13. adjective satellite extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
    sticking; jutting; protruding; sticking out; projected; projecting.
    
    • the jutting limb of a tree
    • massive projected buttresses
    • his protruding ribs
    • a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

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