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.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, The Dust of Conflict^[1]:

     Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, […] .”

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 (cmn) (jiěchú), 安心 (cmn) (ānxīn), (humanitarian) 救濟 (cmn), 救济 (cmn) (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) (anakoúfisi) 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), (from pain) lindring (sv) c
• Telugu: ఉపశమనం (upaSamanam)

person who takes over a shift

• French: relève (fr) f
• German: Ablösung (de) f

• Italian: sostituto (it) m

humanitarian aid or assistance

• German: Hilfe (de) f
• Italian: assistenza (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: 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
• Khmer: ចម្លាក់លៀន (km) (jom lakk lean), ចម្លាក់ផុស (km) (jom lakk phos)
• 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) (anáglyfo)
• 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

Wikipedia ^pl

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