| VERB | body | relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain |
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| social | relieve, take over | free someone temporarily from his or her obligations | |
| social | relieve, exempt, free | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | |
| emotion | relieve, still, allay, ease | lessen the intensity of or calm | |
| social | relieve, salvage, salve, save | save from ruin, destruction, or harm | |
| communication | relieve, unbosom | relieve oneself of troubling information | |
| body | relieve, remedy | provide relief for | |
| possession | relieve | free from a burden, evil, or distress | |
| possession | relieve | take by stealing | |
| communication | relieve, excuse, let off, exempt | grant exemption or release to | |
| change | relieve, lighten | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive |
| Sounds | rihliy'v; riyliy'v | |
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| Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... | |
| Meaning | Provide physical relief, as from pain. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This pill will relieve your headaches" | |
| Synonyms | alleviate, palliate, assuage | |
| Narrower | comfort, ease | lessen pain or discomfort |
| soothe | Cause to feel better | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, mitigar, paliar, salvar, suavizar | |
| Catalan | alleugerir, alleujar, apaivagar, mitigar, salvar, suavitzar | |
| Meaning | Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot relieve Sue | |
| Synonym | take over | |
| Narrower | spell | relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn |
| Broader | free, discharge | Free from obligations or duties |
| Spanish | eximir, relevar, salvar | |
| Catalan | eximir, rellevar, salvar | |
| Nouns | reliever | a pitcher who does not start the game |
| reliever | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | |
| Meaning | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | exempt, free | |
| Narrower | deregulate | Lift the regulations on |
| derestrict | make free from restrictions | |
| dispense | grant a dispensation | |
| forgive | absolve from payment | |
| spare | save or relieve from an experience or action | |
| Opposite | enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules |
| Spanish | exonerar, liberar | |
| Catalan | alleugerir, alliberar, deslliurar | |
| Meaning | lessen the intensity of or calm. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The good news will relieve her | |
| Synonyms | still, allay, ease | |
| Narrower | abreact | Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
| Broader | comfort, soothe, console, solace | Give moral or emotional strength to |
| Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aquietar, calmar, disipar, laxar, salvar, tranquilizar | |
| Catalan | alleugerir, alleujar, calmar, dissipar, laxar, salvar, tranquil·litzar | |
| Nouns | reliever | a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies |
| Meaning | save from ruin, destruction, or harm. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | salvage, salve, save | |
| Broader | rescue, deliver | Free from harm or evil |
| Spanish | liberar, rescatar, salvar | |
| Catalan | salvar | |
| Meaning | relieve oneself of troubling information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They relieve themselves | |
| Synonym | unbosom | |
| Broader | confide | reveal in private |
| Spanish | desahogarse, salvar | |
| Catalan | salvar | |
| Meaning | Provide relief for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | remedy | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
| Spanish | aliviar, remediar | |
| Catalan | alleujar, remeiar | |
| Meaning | Free from a burden, evil, or distress. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Broader | rid, free, disembarrass | relieve from |
| Spanish | aliviar, mitigar, salvar | |
| Catalan | salvar | |
| Meaning | Take by stealing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Model | They relieve him of all his money | |
| Example | "The thief relieved me of $100" | |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | aliviar, quitar, salvar | |
| Catalan | alleugerir, salvar | |
| Meaning | grant exemption or release to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Model | Sam cannot relieve Sue | |
| Synonyms | excuse, let off, exempt | |
| Narrower | frank | exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks |
| Broader | absolve, free | let off the hook |
| Spanish | dispensar, excusar, eximir, liberar | |
| Catalan | disculpar, dispensar, eximir | |
| Meaning | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "relieve the pressure and the stress" | |
| Synonym | lighten | |
| Broader | mitigate | make less severe or harsh |
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