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- English Word Relief Definition The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
- English Word Relief Definition Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
- English Word Relief Definition That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
- English Word Relief Definition A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
- English Word Relief Definition The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
- English Word Relief Definition The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
- English Word Relief Definition The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
- English Word Relief Definition The elevations and surface undulations of a country.
- English Word Reliefful Definition Giving relief.
- English Word Reliefless Definition Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
- English Word Relier Definition One who relies.
- English Word Relievable Definition Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
- English Word Relieve Definition To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
- English Word Relieve Definition To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
- English Word Relieve Definition To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
- English Word Relieve Definition To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
- English Word Relieve Definition To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
- English Word Relieve Definition To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
- English Word Relieve Definition To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
- English Word Relieved Definition of Relieve
- English Word Relievement Definition The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
- English Word Reliever Definition One who, or that which, relieves.
- English Word Relieving Definition of Relieve
- English Word Relieving Definition Serving or tending to relieve.
- English Word Relievo Definition See Relief, n., 5.
- English Word Relight Definition To light or kindle anew.
- English Word Religieuse Definition Alt. of Religieux
- English Word Religieux Definition A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
- English Word Religion Definition The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.
- English Word Religion Definition Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.