The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced:
— As he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief.

synonyms: alleviation, assuagement.

Roget 557: sculpture, insculpture^†; carving etc. v.; statuary.    high relief, low relief, bas relief [Fr.]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo^†, altorilievo^†, mezzorilievo^†; intaglio, anaglyph^†; medal, medallion; cameo.    marble, bronze, terra cotta [Sp.], papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma.    statue, etc. (image) 554; cast etc. (copy) 21; glyptotheca^†.    ... show more

Roget 660: restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction etc. 163; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence^†, reviviscence^†; refreshment etc. 689; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction^†; Phenix; reorganization.    renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence^†, new birth; regeneration, regeneracy^†, regenerateness^†; palingenesis^†, reconversion.    redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness^†.    recurrence etc. (repetition) 104; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It].    cure, recure^†, sanation^†; healing etc. v.; redintegration^†; rectification; instauration^†.    repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting etc. v.; cicatrization; disinfection; tinkering.    reaction; redemption etc. (deliverance) 672; restitution etc. 790; relief etc. 834.    tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix etc. (remedy) 662^†.    curableness.    ... show more

Roget 689: bracing etc. v.; recovery of strength, recuperation etc. 159; restoration, revival etc. 660; repair, refection, refocillation^†, refreshment, regalement^†, bait; relief etc. 834.    break, spell.    refreshment stand; refreshments; [Refreshments], ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food). ... show more

Dutch: ontlasting, verzachting, leniging, opbeuring, verlichting

The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress):
— He enjoyed his relief from responsibility.

synonym: ease.

law Redress awarded by a court.

Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).

synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, substitute.

Dutch: vervanger

Assistance in time of difficulty:
— The contributions provided some relief for the victims.

synonyms: ministration, succor, succour.

Roget 707: aid, aidance^†; assistance, help, opitulation^†, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. (cooperation) 709^†.    patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.    sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food etc. 298; means etc. 632.    ministry, ministration; subministration^†; accommodation.    relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina [Lat.].    supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements^†, succors, contingents, recruits; support etc. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally etc. (helper) 711.    ... show more

Dutch: bijstand

A pause for relaxation.

synonyms: respite, rest, rest period.

A change for the better.

synonyms: easing, moderation.

Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped.

The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance):
— He asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain.

synonyms: alleviation, easement, easing.

Roget 834: relief; deliverance; refreshment etc. 689; easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby.    solace, consolation, comfort, encouragement.    lenitive, restorative etc. (remedy) 662; cushion etc. 215; crumb of comfort, balm in Gilead.    ... show more

Dutch: bevrijding, leniging, ontlasting, opluchting, verademing, verlichting
Polish: łagodnienie

Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.

synonyms: embossment, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity^†, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch.    boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^†, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^†, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf etc. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^†; molar; belly, corporation^†, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.    [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle^†, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus^†, fungus, fungosity^†, exostosis^†, bleb, blister, blain^†; boil etc. (disease) 655; airbubble^†, blob, papule, verruca.    [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], titty [Vulg.], boob [Vulg.], knocker [Vulg.], pap, breast, dug, mammilla^†.    [prominent convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz [Coll.].    peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.    cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster.    relief, relievo [It], cameo; bassorilievo^†, mezzorilevo^†, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief [Fr.], high relief.    hill etc. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland^†; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze^†, ness.    ... show more

Dutch: reliëf
Polish: relief

The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged.

Dutch: ontzet, ontzetting