Meaning of relief | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The removal of stress or discomfort.
   countable, uncountable
2. A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
   uncountable
3. rest, break
4. The removal of stress or discomfort
5. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
   countable, uncountable
6. A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
   countable
7. Receiving public assistance because of need or poverty.
8. relief (type of artwork)
9. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort
10. Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
    countable, uncountable
11. The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
    countable, uncountable
12. half-time
13. on relief, receiving financial assistance from a government agency.
14. Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another
15. The person who takes over a shift for another.
    countable, uncountable
16. The difference of elevations on a surface.
    countable, uncountable
17. first-person singular present indicative of descansar
18. no longer anxious or worried. I was relieved to hear you had arrived safely. verlig مُسْتَريح، مُرْتاح облекчен aliviado uklidněný erleichtert lette ανακουφισμένοςaliviado kergendust tundev آسوده؛ آرام huojentunut soulagé לְהָסִיר מָצוֹר चिन्तामुक्त odlanuti, osjetiti olakšanje megkönnyebbült lega feginn sollevato ほっとした 안도한 jaučiantis palengvėjimą just atvieglojumu; pārstāt raizēties berasa lega opgeluchtlettet uspokojony هوسا aliviado uşurat успокоенный upokojený pomirjen koji oseća olakšanj...
19. The person who takes over a shift for another
20. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
    countable, uncountable
21. Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
    countable, uncountable
22. The easing of a pain, distress, or anxiety: The drug provides quick relief from asthma. The news of their safe arrival came as a great relief.
23. Aid or assistance offered in time of need
24. Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
    countable, uncountable
25. The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
    countable, uncountable
26. Aid in time of danger: disaster relief.
27. Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
    countable, uncountable
28. Release from a post or duty, such as that of sentinel.
29. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
    countable, uncountable
30. Something that makes a pleasant or amusing change from something tedious or unpleasant: The music was a great relief after all those phone calls.
31. A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
    countable, uncountable
32. The projection of figures or forms from a flat background, as in sculpture, or the apparent projection of such shapes in a painting or drawing.
33. Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
    countable, uncountable
34. Geology The variations in elevation of an area of the earth's surface.
    Geology
35. Ellipsis of relief teacher.
    Australia, New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
36. Distinction or prominence due to contrast: "The light brought the white church ... into relief from the flat ledges" (Willa Cather).

Equivalents

Examples

“I sighed with relief when I found out that my daughter hadn't got lost, but was waiting for me at home.”

“Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,[…]. It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure.”

“Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].””

“DfT's action was greeted with great relief in many quarters.”

“Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.”

“At Leeds a relief crew was waiting—but without a relief locomotive; after some discussion, the new men offered to take on the A3. [...].”

“Relief arrived quickly after the disaster.”

“On busy days, they also may be seen bowling along the Brighton main line, north of Keymer Junction, with a relief Newhaven boat express, […].”

“Do we have a relief for maths today?”

“the relief on that part of the Earth's surface”

“The approach to Newcastle (Central) Station from the north after a heavy snowfall. The complicated track layout is thrown into clear relief by the snow [referring to dark rails poking through the snow]”

“And is it that the haze of grief ⁠Hath stretch’d my former joy so great? ⁠The lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief?”

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