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# relief

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

«relief» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The happy, calm feeling when something bad or worrying stops or doesn't happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m1)
2. Making pain or worry less: pain relief. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#m5)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x1)
- She breathed a sigh of relief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x2)
- The medicine gave quick pain relief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x3)
- Relief workers brought water to the flood victims. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x4)
- A relief teacher took our class today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/#x5)
- The relief map shows the mountains in brown. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Release from trouble, suffering or waiting; in Job it is the hoped-for end of a hard time.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read Job's longing for relief as hope that God will remember him, and some link it to the hope of renewal after death.

### Examples

- All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come — (Writings JOB.14.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/relief/#x1)
- I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer. (Writings JOB.32.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/relief/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «relief» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relief/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«relief» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/relief.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «relief» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/relief/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«relief» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/relief.html) on Mova free.