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# relief

«relief» in Mova's school dictionary: **The happy, calm feeling when something bad or worrying…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (relief, uncountable; a relief); adjective uses (relief teacher, relief map)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The happy, calm feeling when something bad or worrying stops or doesn't happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m1)

2) Making pain or worry less: pain relief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m2)

3) Help such as food, money or shelter for people in trouble: disaster relief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m3)

4) A person who takes over someone's work: a relief driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m4)

5) (geography, art) The ups and downs of land shown on a map; a carving that stands out from a flat surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a sigh of relief shows a character's fear is over. In geography, a relief map shows hills and valleys. In news, relief aid after floods. Phrases: what a relief, sigh of relief, pain relief, relief aid.

### examples

- What a relief that the test was easy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x1)
- She breathed a sigh of relief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x2)
- The medicine gave quick pain relief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x3)
- Relief workers brought water to the flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x4)
- A relief teacher took our class today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x5)
- The relief map shows the mountains in brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x6)
- The relief from pain and hunger made me drowsy, and presently I fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable, but «a relief» for one feeling. Verb: relieve; adjective: relieved. Spelling: i before e: relief. «Relieve yourself» is a euphemism for going to the toilet.

### In the corpora

- [A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/12/)
- ["Tax relief" means a tax cut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/14/)
- [Many people feel real relief after confession, like a weight lifted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/16/)
- [Many people feel real relief and lightness after an honest confession.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/22/)
- [Confession brings real relief and forgiveness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relief» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.