Meaning

13 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

    erleichtern

  2. (transitive)To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

    provide physical relief, as from pain

  3. (transitive)To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).

    lindern

  4. (transitive)To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).

    entlasten

    provide relief for

  5. To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.

    This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

    free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

  6. (transitive)To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.

  7. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.

  8. To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.

    ablösen

  9. (euphemistic, reflexive)To urinate or defecate.

    seine Notdurft verrichten

    отправля́ть есте́ственные на́добностиotpravljátʹ jestéstvennyje nádobnosti, отпра́вить есте́ственные на́добностиotprávitʹ jestéstvennyje nádobnosti, справля́ть нужду́spravljátʹ nuždú

  10. (euphemistic, reflexive)To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.

  11. (obsolete)To lift up; to raise again.

  12. (archaic)To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).

Examples

375 sentences
  1. This medicine will relieve the pain.

    Ці ліки полегшать біль.

    ruЭто лекарство облегчит боль.

    deDieses Medikament wird den Schmerz lindern.

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  2. Do you have anything to relieve a headache?

    У вас є щось від головного болю?

    ruУ вас есть что-нибудь от головной боли?

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  3. I felt relieved when my plane landed safely.

    Я відчув полегшення, коли мій літак приземлився.

    ruЯ почувствовал облегчение, когда мой самолёт благополучно приземлился.

    deIch war erleichtert, als mein Flugzeug sicher gelandet war.

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  4. I felt very relieved when I heard the news.

    Я відчув полегшення, коли почув новину.

    ruЯ ощутил облегчение, когда услышал эти новости.

    deIch fühlte mich sehr erleichtert, als ich die Nachricht hörte.

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  5. I felt quite relieved after I had said all I wanted to say.

    Я відчув полегшення після того, як сказав все, що хотів сказати.

    ruМне стало намного легче после того, как я высказал все, что хотел.

    deIch fühlte mich ziemlich erleichtert, nachdem ich gesagt hatte, was ich zu sagen hatte.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
euphemistically: to urinate or defecate:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to ease from mental distress:
to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.:
to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty:
military: to free someone from their post:
euphemistically: to urinate or defecate:

Origin

From Late Middle English releven, from Old French relever, specifically from the conjugate

From Late Middle English releven, from Old French relever, specifically from the conjugated forms such as (jeo) relieve (“I lift up”), and its source, Latin relevo (“to lift up, lighten, relieve, alleviate”), combined form of re- (“back”) + levo (“to lift”). Doublet of relevate. Compare levant, levity, etc.

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Forms

relieves, relieving, relieved, relieved
Base formrelieve · to relieve
3rd person singularrelieves
Present participlerelieving
Past simplerelieved
Past participlerelieved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrelieve
he, she, itrelieves

Past simpleLesson

all personsrelieved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave relieved
he, she, ithas relieved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill relieve

Synonyms

112 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • relieved to hear
  • was relieved to
  • looked relieved
  • relieved to see
  • felt relieved
  • was very relieved
  • seemed relieved

See also

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