English Explanatory Dictionary

relief

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The removal of stress or discomfort.
  2. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
  3. Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
  4. The person who takes over a shift for another.
  5. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
  6. Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
  7. Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
  8. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
  9. A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
  10. Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
  11. Ellipsis of relief teacher.
noun
  1. A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
  2. A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
  3. The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
  4. The difference of elevations on a surface.
  5. Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
  6. The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
adj
  1. Characterized by surface inequalities.
  2. Of or used in letterpress.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈliːf/ en-us-relief.ogg

Word forms

relief reliefs more relief most relief

Etymology

From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.

Synonyms

ease alleviation liss respite comfort consolation release relief solace stand-in substitute backup fill-in amends recompense remuneration acquittal assyth bote compensation indemnification indemnity mends quittal recompensation redress reparation requital requite restitution satisfaction embossing texture topography

Derived words

ancillary relief antirelief breathe a sigh of relief comic relief corollary relief debt relief demirelief epirelief half-relief hydrostatic pressure relief system hyporelief indoor relief judicial relief microrelief outdoor relief out-relief pain relief photorelief poor relief prayer for relief relief agency relief drinking reliefful reliefless relieflike relief pitcher relief printing relief teacher relief tube relief valve relief worker relieve sigh of relief strain relief tax relief that's a relief high relief low relief counter-relief mid relief relief map sunk relief

Translations

Albanian: reliev Arabic: نَقْش نَافِر Armenian: ռելյեֆ Armenian: բառելյեֆ Belarusian: рэлье́ф Belarusian: барэлье́ф Bulgarian: реле́ф Catalan: relleu Chinese Mandarin: 浮雕 Czech: reliéf Danish: relief Dutch: reliëf Esperanto: reliefo Estonian: reljeef Estonian: bareljeef Finnish: reliefi Finnish: korkokuva Finnish: kohokuva French: relief Georgian: რელიეფი German: Relief Greek: ανάγλυφο Ancient Greek: ἐκτύπωμα Hebrew: תבליט Hungarian: relief Hungarian: dombormű Icelandic: lágmynd Indonesian: relief Irish: rilíf Italian: rilievo Italian: bassorilievo Japanese: 浮き彫り Japanese: リリーフ Japanese: レリーフ Khmer: ចម្លាក់លៀន Khmer: ចម្លាក់ផុស Korean: 부조 Latvian: reljefs Latvian: cilnis Lithuanian: reljefas Macedonian: релјеф Norwegian Bokmål: relieff Norwegian Nynorsk: relieff Polish: relief Portuguese: relevo Romanian: relief Romanian: basorelief Romanian: altorelief Russian: релье́ф Russian: барелье́ф Serbo-Croatian: рељеф Serbo-Croatian: reljef Slovak: reliéf Slovene: relief Spanish: relieve
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