- provide physical relief, as from pain;
"This pill will relieve your headaches"
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam"
- lessen the intensity of or calm;
"The news eased my conscience" "still the fears"
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide relief for;
"remedy his illness"
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- take by stealing;
"The thief relieved me of $100"
- grant exemption or release to;
"Please excuse me from this class"
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive;
"relieve the pressure and the stress" "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
