relieved
ri leevd
- v provide physical relief, as from pain
- v free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- v grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- v lessen the intensity of or calm
- v save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- v relieve oneself of troubling information
- v provide relief for
- v free from a burden, evil, or distress
- v take by stealing
The thief relieved me of $100 - v grant exemption or release to
- v alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- s (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
- s extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
- See Also Tech PTI Archive: By WILSON ROTHMAN I hate vacuuming, so when Roomba came into existence, I was relieved, at least, for a little while.
- Any day now, any way now, our troubled assets shall be relieved (or not).
- Ralph Smith was relieved, according to the Army version, because of a difference over tactics:.