relieve from

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The second, he said, is for the judiciary to take legal steps against Salameh and relieve from from his post.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

"You instruct, inspect, reprimand and relieve from duty," explains O'Leary, whose World War II stint as an Air Force colonel has given him a fondness for military metaphor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Comfort, kum′furt, v.t. to relieve from pain or distress: to soothe: to cheer, revive.—n. relief: encouragement: ease: quiet enjoyment: freedom from annoyance: whatever gives ease, enjoyment, &c.: a subject of satisfaction.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

How does alleviate differ from relieve? from remove?

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

I went on the following day to my mother, and she and my sister Margaret returned with me to Cairncross, to relieve from smaller cares, as much as might be, our poor dear girl.

From In the Valley by Frederic, Harold