relief

See also Relief, and reliéf

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈliːf/

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• Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

relief (plural reliefs)

1. 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.

2. the feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort
3. the person who takes over a shift for another

   Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.

4. aid or assistance offered in time of need
5. (law) court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress
6. tax savings
7. a type of artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background
8. the difference made noticeable by a variation in light or color
9. the difference of elevations on a surface

   The relief on that part of the earth's surface

Synonyms

• (removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation, respite
• (felling of removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation
• (person who takes over a shift): stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-in
• (type of artwork): embossing
• (difference of elevations on a surface): texture, topography

Derived terms

• relieve
• relief agency
• relief pitcher
• relief map
• relief worker

Translations

removal of stress or discomfort

American Sign Language: B@Sternum-PalmDown-B@Chest-PalmDown B@Trunk-PalmDown-B@Abdomen-PalmDown Arabic: راحة (ar) (raaHa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 解除 (zh) (jiěchú), 安心 (zh) (ānxīn), (humanitarian) 救濟 (zh), 救济 (zh) (jiùjì) Czech: úleva (cs) f. Dutch: opluchting (nl) f. Finnish: helpotus (fi) French: soulagement (fr) m., allégement (fr) m. German: Erleichterung (de) f., Entlastung (de) f. Greek: ανακούφιση (el) f. Hebrew: הקלה (hɑkɑlɑ) f.

Irish: faoiseamh (ga) m. Italian: sollievo (it) m. Japanese: 安心 (ja) (あんしん, anshin), 救済 (ja) (きゅうさい, kyūsai) Korean: 제고 (jego) Polish: ulga (pl) f. Portuguese: alívio (pt) m. Romanian: ușurare (ro) f., alinare (ro) f. Russian: облегчение (ru) (oblexčénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: faochadh (gd) m. Spanish: alivio (es) m. Swahili: faraja (sw) Swedish: lättnad (sv) Telugu: ఉపశమనం (upaSamanam)

person who takes over a shift

French: relève (fr) f.

humanitarian aid or assistance

German: Hilfe (de) f. Italian: assistenza (it) f. Kurdish: چار (ku) Meru: gikeno Portuguese: auxílio (pt) m., assistência humanitária (pt) f.

Romanian: asistență umanitară (ro) f., ajutor umanitar (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: faochadh (gd) m. Spanish: ayuda humanitaria (es) f. Swahili: faraja (sw)

type of artwork

French: relief (fr) m. German: Relief (de) n. Hungarian: relief (hu), dombormű (hu) Irish: rilíf (ga) f. Italian: rilievo (it) m., bassorilievo (it) m. Norwegian: relieff (no) m. Polish: relief (pl) m.

Portuguese: relevo (pt) m. Romanian: relief (ro) n., basorelief n., altorelief n. Russian: рельеф (ru) (re’ljéf) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: рељеф (sh) m. Roman: reljef (sh) m.

difference of elevations on a surface

Dutch: reliëf (nl) n. French: relief (fr) m. German: Relief (de) n. Greek: ανάγλυφο (el) Hebrew: תִּבְלֹטֶת (tivlotet), תבליט (tɑvlit)

Italian: rilievo (it) m., sopraelevazione (it) f. Portuguese: relevo (pt) m. Romanian: relief (ro) n. Russian: рельеф (ru) (rel’jéf) m.

Anagrams

• liefer
• refile

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French

Noun

relief m. (plural reliefs)

1. projection, relief
2. (geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation
3. (figuratively) contrast, definition, offset (against something else)

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Polish

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Noun

relief m.

1. relief

Declension

    declension of relief

	singular	plural
nominative	relief	reliefy
genitive	reliefu	reliefów
dative	reliefowi	reliefom
accusative	relief	reliefy
instrumental	reliefem	reliefami
locative	reliefie	reliefach
vocative	reliefie	reliefy

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Romanian

Noun

relief n. (plural reliefuri)

1. relief (elevation's of earth's surface)

Related terms

• reliefa
• reliefare
• reliefat