Synonyms: relieve, palliate, assuage, alleviate
Definition: provide physical relief, as from pain
Usage: This pill will relieve your headaches
Similar words: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better
Definition: to make better
Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Definition: provide relief for
Usage: remedy his illness
Similar words: treat, care for
Definition: provide treatment for
Usage: The doctor treated my broken leg; The nurses cared for the bomb victims; The patient must be treated right away or she will die; Treat the infection with antibiotics
Definition: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Usage: relieve the pressure and the stress; lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
Synonyms: excuse, exempt, relieve, let off
Definition: grant exemption or release to
Usage: Please excuse me from this class
Similar words: free, justify, absolve
Definition: let off the hook
Usage: I absolve you from this responsibility
Definition: relieve oneself of troubling information
Similar words: confide
Definition: reveal in private; tell confidentially
Synonyms: ease, relieve, allay, still
Definition: lessen the intensity of or calm
Usage: The news eased my conscience; still the fears
Synonyms: relieve
Definition: take by stealing
Usage: The thief relieved me of $100
Similar words: take
Definition: take by force
Usage: Hitler took the Baltic Republics; The army took the fort on the hill
Synonyms: relieve
Definition: free from a burden, evil, or distress
Definition: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Synonyms: salvage, salve, save, relieve
Definition: save from ruin, destruction, or harm