reliefs
Projecting sculptural works
Reliefs is the plural of relief, covering its various senses.
Physical reliefs are sculptural works where figures project from a flat background: The temple walls featured intricate reliefs depicting battle scenes.
Geographic reliefs are variations in land elevation: a map showing the reliefs of the mountain range.
The word also pluralizes the sense of assistance or aid: disaster reliefs, tax reliefs.
Bodily or emotional distress
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- easeLack of strain
soothing · respite · reprieve · remedy · medication · therapy · tension · anxiety
Shaping by cutting away
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- ParthenonAncient Greek hilltop temple
- Angkor WatMassive Khmer temple complex
- cameoBrief guest appearance
medallion · plaque · panel · chisel · marble · bronze · terracotta · modeling
Mandatory public revenue charge
- debtMoney owed another
- mortgageSecured home loan
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
exemption · write-off · forgiveness · bankruptcy · hardship · payment · deferral · assistance
Movement or work period
- workersPeople doing jobs
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- rotationTurning on an axis
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
substitute · changeover · reinforcement · troops · sentries · duty · watch · personnel
pain
Bodily or emotional distress
ease · soothing · respite · reprieve · remedy · medication · therapy · tension · anxiety · burden
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- ParthenonAncient Greek hilltop temple
- Angkor WatMassive Khmer temple complex
cameo · medallion · plaque · panel · chisel · marble · bronze · terracotta · modeling · depth
tax
Mandatory public revenue charge
subsidy · exemption · write-off · forgiveness · bankruptcy · hardship · payment · deferral · assistance · rebate
shift
Movement or work period
backup · substitute · changeover · reinforcement · troops · sentries · duty · watch · personnel · crew
elevation
Height above reference point
- terrainLand's physical features
- contourBounding line of shape
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
landform · mapping · altitude · hillshade · cartography · gradient · mountains · valleys · raised · lowland
humanitarian
Helper of suffering people
emergency · UNHCR · Red Cross · supplies · donations · volunteers · camps · food aid · shelter · distribution
- Roman artfrescoes, Roman art, mosaic, Roman statues, Roman mosaics
- Hindu templesmandir, temple, shikhara, temple complex, water temple
- Longmen Grottoesgrottoes, Buddha statues, cave temples, stone carvings, niches
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
reliefsaggravations
Causes of annoyance
intensifications · exacerbations · worsenings · anxieties · apprehensions
reliefsmobiles
Suspended kinetic sculptures
statues · statuary · intaglios · engravings · installations
reliefsdeprivations
States of lacking necessities
neglects · abandonments · exploitations · oppressions · withdrawals
- 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
relief, relieve, relieved, relieving, reliever, unrelieved, relievers