relieve

Definitions

• (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
• (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
• (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
• (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
• (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
• (now) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
• (legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
• To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
• To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
• (military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
• (now) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
• (reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.