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relieve - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
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alleviate,
palliate,
assuage |
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ameliorate,
amend,
better,
improve,
meliorate make amendments to; "amend the document"
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soothe cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
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comfort,
ease lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
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relieve - 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" |
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lighten |
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mitigate make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
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relieve - take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100" |
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take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
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relieve - free from a burden, evil, or distress |
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disembarrass,
free,
rid free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
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