relief
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.
NounEdit
relief (countable and uncountable, plural reliefs)
- 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.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, […] . It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in 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, […] .”
- 2020 April 8, Philip Haigh, “Out of the current crisis we could see meaningful changes”, in Rail, page 56:
- DfT's action was greeted with great relief in many quarters.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.
- 1963 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 136:
- At Leeds a relief crew was waiting—but without a relief locomotive; after some discussion, the new men offered to take on the A3. [...].
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
SynonymsEdit
- (removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation, liss, respite
- (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation, liss
- (person who takes over a shift): stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-in
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
removal of stress or discomfort
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feeling associated with removal of stress or discomfort
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release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another
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person who takes over a shift
humanitarian aid or assistance
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aid or assistance offered in time of need
law: court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, redress
reduction in tax
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked: "exemption, liberation, exoneration, derogation"
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Etymology 2Edit
From Italian rilievo, from rilevare (“to raise”), from Latin relevō (“to raise”).
NounEdit
relief (countable and uncountable, plural reliefs)
- A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- the relief on that part of the Earth's surface
- 1947 January and February, “A Winter's Day on the Tyneside”, in Railway Magazine, page 29, photo caption:
- The approach to Newcastle (Central) Station from the north after a heavy snowfall. The complicated track layout is thrown into clear relief by the snow [referring to dark rails poking through the snow]
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
SynonymsEdit
- (type of artwork): embossing
- (difference of elevations on a surface): texture, topography
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
type of artwork
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apparent difference in elevation
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difference of elevations on a surface
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AdjectiveEdit
relief (comparative more relief, superlative most relief)
- (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
- Of or used in letterpress.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Old French, from relever.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
relief m (plural reliefs)
- projection, relief
- (geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation
- (figuratively) contrast, definition, offset (against something else)
- mettre en relief ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (sculpture) relief
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “relief”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French relief, from Old French relief, from relever, from Latin relevare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
relief m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of relief
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
relief n (plural reliefuri)
- relief (difference of elevations on the Earth's surface)
Related termsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
relief c
- a relief (type of artwork)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of relief | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | relief | reliefen | reliefer | relieferna |
Genitive | reliefs | reliefens | reliefers | reliefernas |
Derived termsEdit
- reliefkarta (“relief map”)