Relieve

re-lev', v. t. [-lieved (-levd'), -lieving.] To cause to rise, cause to seem to rise, set off contrast; to raise or remove (anything which pre es, weighs clown, or crushes); to render burdensome or afflicting, alleviate; to make monotonous; to free from any burden, trial, distre , etc.; to release from a post or station substitution of others; to ease of any burden, wrong, or oppre ion by judicial or legislative interposition, by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for lo es, etc.; to remedy, right. —Relief, -lef, Act of, or state of being, etc.; removal of any evil, of anything oppre ive or burdensome; release a post, or from the performance of duty; that relieves or gives succor, aid, or comfort. (Sculp. Arch.) Prominence of a figure above or beyond ground or plane on which it is formed. (Paint.) appearance of projection, which a figure exhibits the eye at a distance.