Thesaurus / relieves
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synonyms for relieves
- assist
- aid
- support
- spell
- sustain
- succor
- bring aid
- give a break
- give a hand
- give a rest
- stand in for
- substitute for
- take over from
- take the place of
- absolve
- free
- pull
- disembarrass
- dispense
- dismiss
- deliver
- excuse
- spare
- disencumber
- exempt
- release
- discharge
- yank
- unburden
- privilege
- let off
- throw out
- force to resign
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antonyms for relieves
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- upset
- trouble
- discourage
- hurt
- engage
- employ
- maintain
- keep
- push
- hold
- condemn
- blame
- accuse
- worry
- burden
- pain
- injure
- harm
- imprison
- detain
- hire
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The latter pitches his master's tent and relieves him of household troubles, and retires to his own boat tent when not wanted.
YACHTING VOL. 2VARIOUS.He then with his own hands relieves the stranger of his arms and hangs them on the wall.
LIFE OF SCHAMYLJOHN MILTON MACKIEBut against that I cannot guard, and the act of writing relieves my feelings at the moment--that is at least what I ask of it.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS, VOL XVARIOUSRarely a front yard or blooming garden-plot relieves the dreary monotony.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 16, NO. 97, NOVEMBER, 1865VARIOUSAn occasional thunderstorm with hail relieves the strain for a little.
THE PANJAB, NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, AND KASHMIRSIR JAMES MCCRONE DOUIEOne of the strongest arguments ever yet brought against bread-making is, that it relieves us from the necessity of mastication.
VEGETABLE DIET: AS SANCTIONED BY MEDICAL MEN, AND BY EXPERIENCE IN ALL AGESWILLIAM ANDRUS ALCOTTThe presence of the Queen would have had more effect, but I am glad to think that her absence relieves her of all responsibility.
MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESSE DE DINO V.1/3, 1831-1835DOROTHY DUCHESSE DE DINOWhenever we look upon the hard realities of life through a medium that softens and relieves them—that medium is poetry.
CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, NO. 443VARIOUSI am simply an ornament of his life, a woman who acts as his hostess and relieves him of much trouble in social anxieties.
THE SIGN OF SILENCEWILLIAM LE QUEUXIt is an emotion possessed by man alone,—the happy light that relieves the dark picture of life.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, VOLUME IIVARIOUS