Relief: alternatives and connections

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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The act of altering or making different.

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Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

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To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

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State of being comfortable.

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An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

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of Damage

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…

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Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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of Free

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To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of…

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Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

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The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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To come in sight; to appear.

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To dress again.

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

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The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; h…

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Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous…

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One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

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To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

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The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or c…

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Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

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Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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The act of liberalizing.

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A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

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Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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Mezzo-rilievo.

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A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.

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The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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The act of replacing.

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To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

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A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

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To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

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A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

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To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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To arrest.

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To arrest.

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The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

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Mitigation; abatement.

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Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

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of Ease

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The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

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The act of ministering; service; ministry.

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The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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One who, or that which, relieves.

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See Relief, n., 5.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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To arrest.

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Same as Relief, n., 5.

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One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as,…

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