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21relieve sb of their responsibilities — relieve sb of their duties/responsibilities/position, etc. ► to take away someone s job or official position because they are not good enough or have done something wrong: »The governing body is coming under huge pressure to relieve the chairman… …
22relieve sb of their responsibilities/position — relieve sb of their duties/responsibilities/position, etc. ► to take away someone s job or official position because they are not good enough or have done something wrong: »The governing body is coming under huge pressure to relieve the chairman… …
23relieve — 1. alto relieve. → altorrelieve. 2. bajo relieve. → bajorrelieve …
24relieve — [v1] make less painful; let up on abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull, ease, free, interrupt, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet,… …
25relieve — ► VERB 1) alleviate or remove (pain, distress, or difficulty). 2) (usu. be relieved) cause (someone) to stop feeling distressed or anxious. 3) release (someone) from duty by taking their place. 4) (relieve of) take (a burden or responsibility)… …
26relieve - relief — ◊ relieve Relieve is a verb. If something relieves an unpleasant feeling, it makes it less unpleasant. Anxiety may be relieved by talking to a friend. The passengers in the plane swallow to relieve the pressure on their eardrums. If someone or… …
27Relieve de España — Relieve continental El relieve de la Península Ibérica se articula alrededor de una gran unidad central, la Meseta, de elevada altitud media (650 m). La Meseta está casi totalmente rodeada de sistemas montañosos: Cordillera Cantábrica al N… …
28relieve — c.1300, from O.Fr. relever to raise, relieve (11c.), from L. relevare to raise, alleviate, from re , intensive prefix, + levare to lift up, lighten, from levis not heavy (see LEVER (Cf. lever)). The notion is to raise (someone) out of trouble.… …
29relieve someone of — 1. To take from someone s possession, with or without that person s approval 2. To steal from someone 3. To free someone from (a necessity, restriction, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑relieve …
30relieve from accusation — index exonerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
