| verb | provide physical relief, as from pain “This pill will relieve your headaches” |
| verb | free someone temporarily from his or her obligations |
| verb | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to “She exempted me from the exam” |
| verb | lessen the intensity of or calm “The news eased my conscience” |
| verb | save from ruin, destruction, or harm |
| verb | relieve oneself of troubling information |
| verb | provide relief for “remedy his illness” |
| verb | free from a burden, evil, or distress |
| verb | take by stealing “The thief relieved me of $100” |
| verb | grant exemption or release to “Please excuse me from this class” |
| verb | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive “relieve the pressure and the stress” |
| adjective | (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear |
| adjective | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary “the jutting limb of a tree” |
| alleviatory | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| alleviative | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| alleviation | noun | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| alleviator | noun | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable |
| alleviant | noun | remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
| palliative | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| palliation | noun | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause |
| assuagement | noun | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| reliever | noun | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) |
| exemption | noun | immunity from an obligation or duty |
| still | noun | (poetic) tranquil silence |
| allayer | noun | a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies |
| ease | noun | the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) |
| easement | noun | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
| salvage | noun | the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction |
| salvager | noun | someone who salvages |
| salvation | noun | saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation |
| saver | noun | someone who saves something from danger or violence |
| remedy | noun | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain |
| excuse | noun | a note explaining an absence |