- nounrelief (noun) · reliefs (plural noun) · light relief (noun) · light reliefs (plural noun) · high relief (noun) · low relief (noun)
- a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress:"much to her relief, she saw the door open"
- a cause of or occasion for relief:"it was a relief to find somewhere to stay"
- the alleviation of pain, discomfort, or distress:"tablets for the relief of pain"
- a temporary break in a generally tense or tedious situation:"the comic characters aren't part of the plot but just light relief"
- assistance, especially in the form of food, clothing, or money, given to those in special need or difficulty:"raising money for famine relief" · "relief workers"
- a remission of tax normally due:"people who donate money to charity will receive tax relief"
- lawthe redress of a hardship or grievance.
- the action of raising the siege of a besieged town:"the relief of Mafeking"
- a person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty:"the relief nurse was late"
- baseballthe role of a relief pitcher.
- the state of being clearly visible or obvious due to being accentuated in some way:"the setting sun threw the snow-covered peaks into relief"
- a method of molding, carving, or stamping in which the design stands out from the surface, to a greater (high relief) or lesser (low relief) extent:"he cast them in relief from molten metal"
- a piece of sculpture in relief.
- a representation of relief given by an arrangement of line or color or shading.
- geographydifference in height from the surrounding terrain; the amount of variation in elevation and slope in a particular area:"the sharp relief of many mountains"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from relever ‘raise up, relieve’, from Latin relevare ‘raise again, alleviate’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress:
- the alleviation of pain, discomfort, or distress:
- a temporary break in a generally tense or tedious situation:
- assistance, especially in the form of food, clothing, or money, given to those in special need or difficulty:
- a person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty:
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