Usually means: Alleviation or reduction of distress.
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We found 60 dictionaries that define the word relief:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. relief: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. relief, relief: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. relief: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. relief: Collins English Dictionary
  5. relief: Vocabulary.com
  6. Relief, relief: Wordnik
  7. relief: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. relief: Wiktionary
  9. relief: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. relief: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. relief: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. relief: Dictionary.com
  13. relief (1), relief (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. relief: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Relief (album), Relief (disambiguation), Relief (emotion), Relief (feature selection), Relief (military), Relief (music), Relief (sternwheeler), Relief: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Relief: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. relief: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. relief: Rhymezone
  19. relief: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. relief: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Relief: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. relief: Free Dictionary
  23. relief: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. relief: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. relief: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. RELIEF: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. Coin Collecting Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Relief: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  5. Relief: Numismatic Dictionary
  6. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  7. Relief: art glossary

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. relief: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. relief: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. relief: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. relief: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. relief: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. RELIEF: Acronym Finder
  4. relief: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. relief: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. relief: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Relief: Sports Definitions

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  3. relief: Canadian Soil Information System
  4. relief: Coin Collecting
  5. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  6. Book Collectors' Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See reliefs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The removal of stress or discomfort.
noun:  The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
noun:  Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
noun:  The person who takes over a shift for another.
noun:  Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
noun:  (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
noun:  A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
noun:  A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
noun:  (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
noun:  (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
noun:  (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
noun:  The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
noun:  The difference of elevations on a surface.
noun:  Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
noun:  (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
adjective:  (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
adjective:  Of or used in letterpress.

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