Verb
1. provide physical relief, as from pain;
"This pill will relieve your headaches"2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
3. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam"4. lessen the intensity of or calm;
"The news eased my conscience""still the fears"5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
6. relieve oneself of troubling information
7. alleviate or remove;
"relieve the pressure and the stress"8. provide relief for;
"remedy his illness"9. free from a burden, evil, or distress
10. take by stealing;
"The thief relieved me of $100"11. grant exemption or release to;
"Please excuse me from this class"