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relieve

verb
  1. To make less severe or more bearable: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten 2, mitigate, palliate. See increase
  2. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden. Slang: shake. See keep
  3. To give support or assistance: abet, aid, assist, boost, help (out), succor. Idioms: give (or lend) a hand, give a leg up. See help
  4. To free from an obligation or duty: absolve, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, let off, spare. See free
  5. To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute: spell 3, take over. See substitute

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