Definitions for relieve

(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")