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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "relieve"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decrease the amount of pain, stress, etc.
Transitive: to relieve mental or physical distress
to relieve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ongoing therapy sessions are currently relieving her emotional distress.
āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take something away through stealing or cunning actions
Transitive: to relieve sb of a possession
to relieve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the dark alley, the mysterious figure attempted to relieve the unsuspecting victim of his wallet.
āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ—āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇, āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϧ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take over for someone, typically temporarily, so that they can be freed from their duties
Transitive: to relieve sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The substitute teacher was called in to relieve the regular teacher, who was feeling unwell.
āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to alleviate or mitigate a hardship, injustice, or oppressive situation through legal or official action
Transitive: to relieve sb of a hardship or injustice
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pardon issued by the president relieved the political activist of the threat of imprisonment.
āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide assistance, reinforcements, or supplies to a location or group of people under siege or in a state of emergency
Transitive: to relieve besieged people or area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
General Patton 's armored division was sent to relieve the besieged troops at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāρāĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻœā§‡āϰ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ—āύ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž

to break up monotony or boredom by adding diversity or change
Transitive: to relieve a boring situation or scene
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vibrant flowers in the garden relieved the monochrome palette of the courtyard.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĢ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϪ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϰāĻ™āĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āϟ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lessen or mitigate the intensity or burden of a situation
Transitive: to relieve a difficult situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Delegating tasks to others can help relieve the workload and prevent burnout.
āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāφāωāϟ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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