relieve - Wiktionary

Noun relieve DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Verb 1.3.1Relatedterms 1.3.2Translations 1.3.3Furtherreading 2Spanish 2.1Pronunciation 2.2Noun 2.2.1Derivedterms 2.3Furtherreading English[edit] Etymology[edit] FromOldFrenchrelever,specificallyfromtheconjugatedformssuchas(jeo)relieve(“Iliftup”),anditssource,Latinrelevo(“toliftup,lighten,relieve,alleviate”),combinedformofre-(“back”)+levo(“tolift”).Doubletofrelevate.Comparelevant,levity,etc. Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key):/ɹɪˈliːv/ Audio(US)(file) Rhymes:-iːv Verb[edit] relieve(third-personsingularsimplepresentrelieves,presentparticiplerelieving,simplepastandpastparticiplerelieved) (transitive)Toease(aperson,person'sthoughtsetc.)frommentaldistress;tostop(someone)feelinganxiousorworried,toalleviatethedistressof.[from14thc.] Iwasgreatlyrelievedbythejury'sverdict. 1897December(indicatedas1898),WinstonChurchill,chapterV,inTheCelebrity:AnEpisode,NewYork,N.Y.:TheMacmillanCompany;London:Macmillan&Co.,Ltd.,OCLC222716698:Thenwerelapsedintoadiscomfitedsilence,andwishedwewereanywhereelse.ButMissThornrelievedthesituationbylaughingaloud,andwithsuchaheartyenjoymentthatinsteadofgettingangryandmoremortifiedwebegantolaughourselves,andinstantlyfeltbetter. (transitive)Toease(someone,apartofthebodyetc.)orgiverelieffromphysicalpainordiscomfort.[from14thc.] Synonym:liss (transitive)Toalleviate(pain,distress,mentaldiscomfortetc.).[from14thc.] (transitive)Toprovidecomfortorassistanceto(someoneinneed,especiallyinpoverty).[from14thc.] (obsolete)Toliftup;toraiseagain.[15th–17thc.] (nowrare)Toraise(someone)outofdangerorfrom(aspecifieddifficultyetc.).[from15thc.] (law)Tofree(someone)fromdebtorlegalobligations;togivelegalreliefto.[from15thc.] ThisshallnotrelieveeitherPartyofanyobligations. (transitive)Tobringmilitaryhelpto(abesiegedtown);toliftthesiegeon.[from16thc.] Torelease(someone)fromorofadifficulty,unwantedtask,responsibilityetc.[from16thc.] 2014,JamesLambert,“AMuchTorturedExpression:ANewLookat‘Hobson-Jobson’”,inInternationalJournalofLexicography,volume27,number1,page57:Theyhadthoughtitobsolete,but,wererelievedofthismisapprehensionbyYule’sfriendMajorTrotter. (originallymilitary)Tofree(someone)fromtheirpost,tasketc.bytakingtheirplace.[from16thc.] (nowrare)Tomake(something)standout;tomakeprominent,bringintorelief.[from18thc.] 1819,LordByron,DonJuan,III.76: Thehennashouldbedeeplydyedtomake/Theskinrelievedappearmorefairlyfair[…] 1927,CounteeCullen,FromtheDarkTower: Thenightwhosesablebreastrelievesthestark/Whitestarsisnolesslovelybeingdark (reflexive,euphemistic)Tourinateordefecate.[from20thc.] Synonyms:seeThesaurus:defecate,Thesaurus:urinate 1989,Snyderv.Harmon,562A.2d307(Pa.1989)(Zappala,J.,writingforthemajority),PennsylvaniaSupremeCourt AstheytraveledalongL.R.33060,oneofthepassengersmentionedhehadtorelievehimself,soBarrettstoppedthecaralongthebermoftheroad,which,unbeknowntothetravelers,wasdirectlyadjacenttoastripmine. 2017,HannahFrith,“EjaculatoryTimingandMasculineIdentities:ThePoliticsofAb/normalisingSexualPerformance”,inJonathonLouthandMartinPotter,editors,EdgesofIdentity:TheProductionofNeoliberalSubjectivities,Chester,England:UniversityofChesterPress,→ISBN,page161:Forexample,thetimesandlocalesfordefecationandurinationhavecomeundertighterregulationinthemodernWesttomeetanincreasingdemand –explicitlyarticulatedinworkplacerulesandregulations –thatpeoplerelievethemselvesnotwheneverorwherevertheyfeellikeitbutatanappropriatetimeandplace(Inglis&Holmes,2000). (reflexive,euphemistic)Toeaseone'sowndesiretoorgasm,oftenthroughmasturbationtoorgasm. Synonyms:seeThesaurus:masturbate 2014,AbbieSmith,CelibateSex:MusingsonBeingLoved,Single,Twisted,andHoly:Nevertheless,torelieveoneselftakestheedgeoffthedesireanddoesn'ttakeadvantageofothers. Relatedterms[edit] relevance relevancy relevant relief relievedly reliever  Translations[edit] toeasefrommentaldistress Bulgarian:успокоявам (bg)(uspokojavam) Czech:ulevit (cs) pf Danish:lette (da) Dutch:opluchten (nl) Finnish:vapauttaa (fi),helpottaa (fi) Galician:aliviar German:erleichtern (de) Italian:risollevare (it),risollevarsi Latin:relevō Polish:ulżyć pf Portuguese:aliviar (pt) Swedish:lätta (sv) togiverelieffromphysicalpain Bulgarian:облекчавам (bg)(oblekčavam) Czech:ulevit (cs) Finnish:helpottaa (fi),lievittää (fi) Italian:lenire (it),alleviare (it),mitigare (it) Latin:relevō Polish:odciążać (pl) impf,odciążyć (pl) pf,ulżyć pf Spanish:aliviar (es) toalleviatepain,distress,mentaldiscomfortetc. Finnish:helpottaa (fi),lievittää (fi) German:lindern (de) Italian:mitigare (it),alleviare (it),assistere (it) Latin:relevō Polish:ulżyć pf Portuguese:aliviar (pt) toprovidecomfortorassistancetosomeoneinneed,especiallyinpoverty Bulgarian:помагам (bg)(pomagam) Finnish:tukea (fi),avustaa (fi) German:entlasten (de) Italian:assistere (it) Polish:ulżyć pf toliftup,raiseagain Finnish:nostaapystyyn Italian:risollevare (it) toraiseoutofdangerorfromaspecifieddifficultyetc. Finnish:vapauttaa (fi) law:togivelegalrelief Finnish:vapauttaa (fi) Italian:assistere (it),patrocinare (it) tobringmilitaryhelptoabesiegedtown;tolifttheseigeon Bulgarian:снемамобсада(snemamobsada) Finnish:murtaasaarto Maori:whakahirihiri toreleasefromorofadifficulty,unwantedtask,responsibilityetc. Bulgarian:освобождавам (bg)(osvoboždavam) Finnish:vapauttaa (fi) Italian:rilevare (it),esautorare (it) military:tofreesomeonefromtheirpost Bulgarian:сменям (bg)(smenjam) Catalan:rellevar (ca) Dutch:aflossen (nl) Finnish:vapauttaa (fi) French:relayer (fr) German:ablösen (de) Maori:whakahirihiri Norwegian: Bokmål:avløse,avløyse Nynorsk:avløyse Spanish:relevar (es) tomakestandout;tomakeprominent Bulgarian:правярелефен(pravjarelefen) Finnish:korostaa (fi) euphemistically:tourinateordefecate—Seealsotranslationsaturinate,‎defecate Chinese: Mandarin:解手 (zh)(jiěshǒu),解溲(jiěsōu),便溺 (zh)(biànniào),方便 (zh)(fāngbiàn) Czech:vyprázdnitse pf Finnish:käydätarpeillaan,keventää (fi) French:fairesesbesoins (fr),sesoulager (fr) German:seineNotdurftverrichten (de) Italian:liberarsi (it) Japanese:用を足す(ようをたす,yōotasu) Russian:отправля́тьесте́ственныена́добности (ru) impf(otpravljátʹjestéstvennyjenádobnosti),отпра́витьесте́ственныена́добности pf(otprávitʹjestéstvennyjenádobnosti),справля́тьнужду́ (ru) impf(spravljátʹnuždú),спра́витьнужду́ pf(správitʹnuždú),облегча́ться (ru) impf(oblexčátʹsja),облегчи́ться (ru) pf(oblexčítʹsja) Portuguese:aliviar-se euphemistically:torelieveoneselfofadesiretoorgasm—Seealsotranslationsatmasturbate Finnish:helpottaaoloaan Thetranslationsbelowneedtobecheckedandinsertedaboveintotheappropriatetranslationtables,removinganynumbers.Numbersdonotnecessarilymatchthoseindefinitions.SeeinstructionsatWiktionary:Entrylayout§Translations. Translationstobechecked French:(pleaseverify)soulager (fr) Ido:(pleaseverify)lejerigar (io) Mandarin:(pleaseverify)緩解 (zh) Spanish:(pleaseverify)aliviar (es) Furtherreading[edit] “relieve”inWebster’sRevisedUnabridgedDictionary,G.&C.Merriam,1913. “relieve”inTheCenturyDictionary,NewYork,N.Y.:TheCenturyCo.,1911. Spanish[edit] Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key):/reˈljebe/,[reˈlje.β̞e] Audio(Colombia)(file) Noun[edit] relieve m(pluralrelieves) relief(protrusion) Derivedterms[edit] altorrelieve bajorrelieve ponerderelieve  Furtherreading[edit] “relieve”,inDiccionariodelalenguaespañola,Vigésimaterceraedición,RealAcademiaEspañola,2014 Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=relieve&oldid=67585553" Categories:EnglishtermsderivedfromOldFrenchEnglishtermsderivedfromLatinEnglishdoubletsEnglish2-syllablewordsEnglishtermswithIPApronunciationEnglishtermswithaudiolinksRhymes:English/iːvRhymes:English/iːv/2syllablesEnglishlemmasEnglishverbsEnglishtransitiveverbsEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishtermswithquotationsEnglishtermswithobsoletesensesEnglishtermswithraresensesen:Lawen:MilitaryEnglishreflexiveverbsEnglisheuphemismsen:Bodilyfunctionsen:SexSpanish3-syllablewordsSpanishtermswithIPApronunciationSpanishtermswithaudiolinksSpanishlemmasSpanishnounsSpanishcountablenounsSpanishmasculinenounsHiddencategories:RussianredlinksRussianredlinks/t+Russianredlinks/tPortugueseredlinksPortugueseredlinks/tFinnishredlinksFinnishredlinks/tRequestsforreviewofFrenchtranslationsRequestsforreviewofIdotranslationsRequestsforreviewofMandarintranslationsRequestsforreviewofSpanishtranslations Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages CatalàČeštinaEestiEspañolEsperantoفارسیFrançais한국어ՀայերենIdoItalianoಕನ್ನಡKurdîLimburgsMagyarമലയാളംဘာသာမန်မြန်မာဘာသာNederlands日本語NorskOromooPolskiPortuguêsРусскийSimpleEnglishSuomiSvenskaதமிழ்తెలుగుاردوTiếngViệt中文