relieve

Verb

• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
  • relieve the pressure and the stress
    
  • lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
    

• grant exemption or release to
  • Please excuse me from this class
    

• take by stealing
  • The thief relieved me of $100
    

• free from a burden, evil, or distress

• provide relief for
  • remedy his illness
    

• relieve oneself of troubling information

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• lessen the intensity of or calm
  • The news eased my conscience
    
  • still the fears
    

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
  • She exempted me from the exam
    

• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

• provide physical relief, as from pain
  • This pill will relieve your headaches
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lighten , excuse , let off , exempt , remedy , unbosom , salvage , salve , save , still , allay , ease , free , take over , alleviate , palliate , assuage
• Antonyms: 
  enforce , implement , apply