To alleviate; lessen; soften; lighten.
To bring out into relief from a surface.
( 1) To reenforce. ( 2) To releasc, as a sentinel, by substitution.
No, no; I must relieve you of all that, until- Well now, I'll leave you for to- day. – The Nether World by George Gissing
Oh, why didn't something happen to relieve the tension. – The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Irving Crump
It will relieve you. – Washington Square by Henry James