relief

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

reliefs

1.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Đồng nghĩa: ease, alleviation, liss, respite, alleviation, comfort, consolation, ease, liss, release, relief, respite, solace
2.
(countable, uncountable)The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
Đồng nghĩa: ease, alleviation, liss
3.
(countable, uncountable)Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
4.
(countable, uncountable)The person who takes over a shift for another.
Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.
Đồng nghĩa: stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-in
5.
(countable, uncountable)Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
Relief arrived quickly after the disaster.
6.
(countable, uncountable)(military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
7.
(countable, uncountable)(law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
Đồng nghĩa: amends, recompense, remuneration, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends, quittal, recompensation, recompense, redress, relief, remuneration, reparation, requital, requite, restitution, satisfaction
8.
(countable, uncountable)A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
9.
(countable, uncountable)A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
10.
(countable, uncountable)(golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
11.
(Australia, New Zealand, abbreviation, alt of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of relief teacher.
Do we have a relief for maths today?
12.
(uncountable)A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more relief

Superlative

most relief

1.
(of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
2.
Of or used in letterpress.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

ease alleviation liss respite comfort consolation release solacestand-insubstitute backupfill-inamends recompense remuneration acquittal assyth bote compensation indemnification

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

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