relief
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈliːf/
relief
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- I sighed with relief when I found out that my daughter hadn't got lost, but was waiting for me at home.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- (legal) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss, respite
- (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss
- (person who takes over a shift) stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-in
- French: soulagement, allégement
- German: Erleichterung, Entlastung
- Italian: sollievo
- Portuguese: alívio
- Russian: облегче́ние
- Spanish: alivio, desahogo
- French: soulagement
- German: Erleichterung
- Italian: sollievo
- German: Hilfe, Unterstützung, Beistand
- Italian: assistenza, soccorso, aiuto
- Portuguese: auxílio, assistência humanitária
- Spanish: ayuda humanitaria, auxilio, asistencia
- German: Nothilfe
- Italian: sgravio
relief
- A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- the relief on that part of the Earth's surface
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- (type of artwork) embossing
- (difference of elevations on a surface) texture, topography
- French: relief
- German: Relief
- Italian: rilievo, bassorilievo
- Portuguese: relevo
- Russian: релье́ф
- Spanish: relieve
- French: relief
- French: relief
- German: Relief
- Italian: rilievo, sopraelevazione
- Portuguese: relevo
- Russian: релье́ф
- Spanish: relieve
relief
- (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
- Of or used in letterpress.
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