relief

Meaning

1. The removal of stress or discomfort.
2. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
3. Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
4. The person who takes over a shift for another.
5. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
6. Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
7. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
8. A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.

sculptural relief

backup man

land form

rest period

shift worker

indemnification

low relief

surface relief

emergency relief

granting immunity

Help

embossed carving

embose

geomorphy

repousse

embossed design

basso relievo

basso rilievo

jail delivery

second-stringer

surface feature

topographical feature

surface configuration

topographic form

land configuration

topographical features

embossed decoration

relief carving

tool recess

tool escape

aid money

alivio

clearness

comfortableness

exemplary damages

hospitalization

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈliːf/

From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.

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