provide physical relief, as from pain; This pill will relieve your headaches

[ Syn: alleviate , palliate , assuage ]

grant exemption or release to; Please excuse me from this class

[ Syn: excuse , let off , exempt ]

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

[ Syn: lighten ]

free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

[ Syn: take over ]

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; She exempted me from the exam

[ Syn: exempt , free ]

lessen the intensity of or calm; The news eased my conscience; still the fears

[ Syn: still , allay , ease ]

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

[ Syn: salvage , salve , save ]

relieve oneself of troubling information

[ Syn: unbosom ]

provide relief for; remedy his illness

[ Syn: remedy ]

free from a burden, evil, or distress

take by stealing; The thief relieved me of $100'