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relieved definition and meaning

v. t. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
v. t. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
v. t. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
v. t. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
v. t. To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
v. t. To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
v. t. To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
imp. & p. p. of Relieve

Crossword clues for relieved

- Alleviate
- Alleviate, assuage
- Alleviate, palliate
- Believe a change of leader will ease burden
- Come to the aid of
- Dispel worries
- Do away with
- Ease a burden
- Ease pain
- Ease the pain for a hundred Romans leaving relic for Eve
- Ease; alleviate
- Mitigate
- Mitigate;temporarily replace
- Take over from
- Take over the duties of someone
- Eased
- Placated, having left veil back in marsh grass


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