relieve meaning
EN
[ɹɪˈliːv] [-iːv] 
US - VerbSGrelievesPRrelievingPT, PPrelievedPREré-
- To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.
- To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- OBS To lift up; to raise again.
- (now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
- (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.
- To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on.
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- (military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- (now rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
- (reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.
- To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I was told by the doctor that a gentleman, who is an orchidectomist in my city, had said the only way to relieve the old man was to remove his testicles.
- I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school.
- The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of relieve in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "relieve" is a verb.