relieve

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
2. (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
3. (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
4. (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
5. (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
6. (archaic) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
7. To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
8. (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
9. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
10. To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
11. (archaic) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
12. (euphemistic, reflexive) To urinate or defecate.
13. (euphemistic, reflexive) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.

Sinonieme

alleviate

ease

help

allay

mitigate

lighten

soothe

aid

save

assist

assuage

exempt

rescue

comfort

relax

palliate

remove

facilitate

abate

cure

excuse

release

lessen

support

rid

replace

succor

substitute

deliver

moderate

free

🆓

salvage

clear

salve

calm

remit

satisfy

take over

take turns

reduce

still

disburden

loosen

spell

succour

heal

let off

dispel

remedy

absolve

Vertalings

aliviar

mitigare

soulager

alleviare

erleichtern

ανακουφίζω

relevar

alléger

aliviar

exonérer

aligerar

befreien

🆓

apaiser

subvenio

alleujar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈliːv/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.