relief
Weight off shoulders
The noun relief is more common than its underlying verb relieve and is closely related to it in meaning.
Relief is the result when a person is relieved of something.
Relief may also be something offered that is intended to make something easier or more bearable: The U.S. offered disaster relief.
In some situations, relief may be mainly symbolic, such as in the form of money when an injustice cannot be undone.
The three words most likely to pair up with relief are debt, pain, and tax.
Reducing distress or discomfort
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- mitigationReduction of severity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
reprieve · lessening · reduction · comfort · solace · balm · succor · healing
Helper of suffering people
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- welfareComfort and prosperity
supplies · volunteers · refugees · disaster · famine · emergency · NGOs · Red Cross
Shaping by cutting away
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- cameoBrief guest appearance
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
embossment · intaglio · bronze · marble · stone · chisel · Parthenon · temple
Stored duplicate for recovery
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- substituteReplacement for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
rotation · shift · duty · reinforcement · responder · crew · changeover · handoff
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- mitigationReduction of severity
respite · reprieve · lessening · reduction · comfort · solace · balm · succor · healing · therapy
humanitarian
Helper of suffering people
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- assistanceSupport or aid given
welfare · supplies · volunteers · refugees · disaster · famine · emergency · NGOs · Red Cross · UNICEF
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- cameoBrief guest appearance
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
plaque · embossment · intaglio · bronze · marble · stone · chisel · Parthenon · temple · façade
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- substituteReplacement for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
understudy · rotation · shift · duty · reinforcement · responder · crew · changeover · handoff · coverage
elevation
Height above reference point
landform · altitude · hillshade · gradient · shading · cartography · ridge · valley · plateau · slope
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- expresion emocionaljoy, sadness, anger, fear, love
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
- emotional statesgrief, hope, despair, jealousy, trust
- sigh of reliefExhale expressing released tension
- pain reliefEasing of discomfort
- stress reliefReduction of mental tension
- comic reliefHumor easing dramatic tension
- pain relieverDrug reducing discomfort
- disaster reliefAssistance following catastrophic events
relieve, relieved, relieving, reliever, relieves, reliefs, unrelieved, relievers, relief maps