Relief
41Relief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Relief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 relief relief Sgm: N 1 deliverance deliverance Sgm: N 1 refreshment refreshment &c. 689 Sgm: N 1 easement easement softening alleviation mitigation p …
42relief — 1. public aid given to the indigent Originally, a feudal payment to an overlord on coming into an estate: The parish granted no relief and even if it had done so it is very doubtful whether the strikers or their wives would have… …
43relief — noun 1》 the alleviation or removal of pain, anxiety, or distress. ↘a feeling or cause of relief. ↘(usu. light relief) a temporary break in a generally tense or tedious situation. 2》 financial or practical assistance given to those in… …
44relief — noun 1) a bit of relief from work Syn: freedom, release, liberation, deliverance, comfort, respite, diversion 2) pain relief Syn: alleviation, relieving, palliation, soothing …
45relief — Synonyms and related words: ADC, CYSP sculpture, Medicaid, Medicare, abatement, agent, aid, aid and comfort, alimony, allayment, alleviation, allotment, allowance, alterative, alternate, alternative, anaglyph, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,… …
46RELIEF — prominence of a sculpture from a plain surface; works in relief are of three kinds: alto relievo, high relief; mezzo relievo, medium relief; basso relievo, low relief …
47relief*/*/*/ — [rɪˈliːf] noun 1) [singular/U] a relaxed happy feeling that you get because something bad has ended or has not happened It s a huge relief to know that everyone is safe.[/ex] To her relief, someone had found her keys.[/ex] 2) [U] the reduction of …
48relief — I re•lief [[t]rɪˈlif[/t]] n. 1) alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, oppression, etc 2) a feeling of comfort or ease caused by such alleviation or deliverance 3) gov money, food, or other help given to those in poverty or… …
49relief — {{11}}relief (1) ease, alleviation, early 14c., from Anglo Fr. relif, from O.Fr. relief assistance, lit. a raising, that which is lifted, from stressed stem of relever (see RELIEVE (Cf. relieve)). Meaning aid to impoverished persons is attested… …
50relief — /rəˈlif / (say ruh leef) noun 1. (sometimes followed by from) deliverance, alleviation, or ease through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc. 2. a means of relieving, or a thing that relieves pain, distress, anxiety, etc. 3. help or… …
