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Relieved   /rɪlˈivd/  /rilˈivd/   Listen
Relieved

adjective
1.
(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.  Synonyms: alleviated, eased.
2.
Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.  Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out.  "Massive projected buttresses" , "His protruding ribs" , "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"


Relieve

verb
(past & past part. relieved; pres. part. relieving)
1.
Provide physical relief, as from pain.  Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate.
2.
Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations.  Synonym: take over.
3.
Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.  Synonyms: exempt, free.
4.
Lessen the intensity of or calm.  Synonyms: allay, ease, still.  "Still the fears"
5.
Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.  Synonyms: salvage, salve, save.
6.
Relieve oneself of troubling information.  Synonym: unbosom.
7.
Provide relief for.  Synonym: remedy.
8.
Free from a burden, evil, or distress.
9.
Take by stealing.
10.
Grant exemption or release to.  Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off.
11.
Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive.  Synonym: lighten.  "Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"



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"Relieved" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mike, who was greatly relieved at finding his report shaped for him in such a way that he would not be obliged ...
— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland
... 'The arrows of the Almighty are within me; they drink up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me' (6:4). Poor Bunyan, in the depth of his distress, cried unto God, and was heard and relieved from these soul troubles. He recollected the joyful ascent of Lazarus from the extreme of human misery to the height of celestial enjoyments. His spirit was sweetly revived, and he was enabled, with delight, to hope yet in God, when that word fell with ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... imperfect poem of fourteen lines gives us a glimpse into a wise, beneficent mind. He had fought his fight and suffered defeat, and had then withdrawn himself silently from the field to die. But if he had been embittered he could have relieved himself in this little book. There is no trace of such a feeling. He only asks, in one sonnet, where can a balm be found for the heart fretted and torn with eternal cares; when we have thought and striven for some great and good purpose, when all our striving has ended in disaster? ...
— Afoot in England • W.H. Hudson
... right," said Gurley, much relieved. "How soon can you and Nancy be ready to start ...
— The Lost Despatch • Natalie Sumner Lincoln
... Sayen is," answered the people; and just then he sprang out and killed the Komow, and the people were greatly relieved. ...
— Philippine Folk Tales • Mabel Cook Cole


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