/rɪˈliːf/
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Translation
The good feeling you have when pain or worry goes away.
Word origin
From Old French relief, from relever, meaning to raise up or lighten, from Latin relevare.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- relever
- English cognates
- relieve
Examples
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"Relief" is the good feeling when a worry ends.
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A sigh of relief is the long breath you let out when worry goes.
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Here "relief" means the pain became less.
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