[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

relief \relief"\ r?-l?f", n. oe. relef, f. relief, properly,
   a lifting up, a standing out. see relieve, and cf.
   basrelief, rilievi.
   1. the act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the
      removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything
      oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained;
      succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
      1913 webster

            he sees the dire contagion spread so fast,
            that, where it seizes, all relief is vain. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by
      the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as,
      a relief of a sentry.
      1913 webster

            for this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. that which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort,
      uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or
      comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of
      duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
      1913 webster

   4. feudal law a fine or composition which the heir of a
      deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of
      taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles,
      had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the
      tenant.
      1913 webster

   5. sculp.  arch. the projection of a figure above the
      ground or plane on which it is formed.
      1913 webster

   note: relief is of three kinds, namely, high relief
         altorilievo, low relief, basso-rilievo, and
         demirelief mezzo-rilievo. see these terms in the
         vocabulary.
         1913 webster

   6. paint. the appearance of projection given by shading,
      shadow, etc., to any figure.
      1913 webster

   7. fort. the height to which works are raised above the
      bottom of the ditch. --wilhelm.
      1913 webster

   8. physical geog. the elevations and surface undulations of
      a country. --guyot.
      1913 webster

   relief valve, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of
      steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.
      1913 webster

   syn: alleviation; mitigation; aid; help; succor; assistance;
        remedy; redress; indemnification.
        1913 webster
see also:
relieve basrelief rilievi high relief altorilievo low relief 
basso-rilievo demirelief mezzo-rilievo relief valve 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

relief
     n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed
          or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly
          flooded with relief" syn: alleviation, assuagement
     2: the condition of being comfortable or relieved especially
        after being relieved of distress; "he enjoyed his relief
        from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave
        him some ease" syn: ease
     3: law redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed
        to be protection from future harm or compensation for past
        injury?"
     4: someone who takes the place of another as when things get
        dangerous or difficult; "the star had a stand-in for
        dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
        fill-ins" syn: stand-in, substitute, reliever, backup,
         backup man, fill-in
     5: assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions
        provided some relief for the victims" syn: succor, succour,
         ministration
     6: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more
        when they take time for short rests" syn: respite, rest,
         rest period
     7: a change for the better syn: easing, moderation
     8: aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped; "he has been on
        relief for many years"
     9: the act of reducing something unpleasant as pain or
        annoyance; "he asked the nurse for relief from the
        constant pain" syn: easing, easement, alleviation
     10: sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to
         stand out from the surrounding background syn: relievo,
          rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief
     11: the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged;
         "he asked for troops for the relief of atlanta"
see also:
alleviation assuagement ease stand-in substitute reliever 
backup backup man fill-in succor succour 
ministration respite rest rest period easing 
moderation easement relievo rilievo embossment 
sculptural relief 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

339 moby thesaurus words for "relief":
   adc, cysp sculpture, medicaid, medicare, abatement, agent, aid,
   aid and comfort, alimony, allayment, alleviation, allotment,
   allowance, alterative, alternate, alternative, anaglyph,
   anaglyptics, anaglyptography, analeptic, analogy, annuity,
   appeasement, architectural sculpture, assist, assistance,
   assuagement, assurance, auxiliaries, backup, balm, balsam,
   bas-relief, bellying, benefit, benevolence, boldness, bone-carving,
   boss, bounty, bout, break, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, casting,
   cavo-rilievo, ceroplastics, chance, change, changeling, chasing,
   clay sculpture, clemency, coffee break, comfort, commiseration,
   comparison, compassion, condolence, configuration, consolation,
   contour, contrast, copy, corrective, counterfeit,
   cradle-to-grave security, cure, cut glass, decorative sculpture,
   delineation, deliverance, depletion allowance, deputy,
   disburdening, disencumberment, dole, double, downtime, dummy,
   earth art, ease, easement, easing, elevation, embossing,
   embossment, eminence, encouragement, engraving, equal, equivalent,
   ersatz, exchange, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, fake, favor,
   features, feeling, fellowship, figuration, figure, fill-in,
   financial assistance, forbearance, forgiveness, founding,
   framework, garden sculpture, gem-cutting, gestalt, ghost,
   ghostwriter, gibbosity, gibbousness, glass sculpture, glyph,
   glyptic, glyptograph, go, good offices, grace, grant, grant-in-aid,
   guaranteed annual income, guaranteed income, half time,
   half-time intermission, hand, healing agent, healing quality,
   health insurance, help, high relief, holiday, humanity, imitation,
   inning, innings, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo,
   interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence,
   interregnum, interruption, interval, ivory-carving, kindness,
   leniency, letup, liberation, lift, lightening, lineaments, lines,
   locum tenens, lost-wax process, low relief, lull, main features,
   makeshift, mask, medal, medallion, mercy, metal sculpture,
   metaphor, metonymy, ministration, ministry, mitigation, modeling,
   molding, mollification, monumental sculpture, next best thing,
   off-time, office, offices, old-age assistance, old-age insurance,
   opportunity, outline, paper sculpture, pardon, pathos, pause,
   pecuniary aid, pension, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, pity,
   place, plaquette, plaster casting, plastic art, plateau,
   point of repose, portrait sculpture, prescription, price support,
   profile, projection, prominence, protection, protrusion,
   protuberance, protuberancy, proxy, public assistance,
   public welfare, quarter, quiet spell, reassurance, receipt, recess,
   recipe, redress, reinforcements, release, relief-carving, relievo,
   remedial measure, remedy, remission, replacement, representative,
   reprieve, rescue, reserve forces, reserves, respite, resting point,
   restorative, retirement benefits, ringer, round, ruth, salience,
   salient, say, scholarship, sculptor, sculpture, sculptured glass,
   sculpturing, second string, secondary, self-pity, service, shapes,
   shell-carving, shred of comfort, sickness insurance, sign,
   silhouette, skeleton, social insurance, social security,
   social welfare, socialized medicine, softening, solace, solacement,
   sovereign remedy, spares, specific, specific remedy, spell,
   stand-in, state medicine, statuary, stipend, stone sculpture,
   stonecutting, sub, subsidization, subsidy, substituent, substitute,
   substitution, subvention, succedaneum, succor, superseder,
   supplanter, support, surrogate, symbol, sympathy, synecdoche,
   tax benefit, therapy, third string, time, time at bat, time off,
   time out, token, tournure, tuberosity, tuberousness, turn,
   unballasting, unburdening, understudy, unemployment compensation,
   unemployment insurance, unfreighting, unlading, unloading,
   unsaddling, untaxing, utility player, vacation, vicar,
   vice-president, vice-regent, welfare, welfare aid,
   welfare capitalism, welfare payments, welfare state,
   welfare statism, welfarism, whack, whittling, wire sculpture,
   womb-to-tomb security, wood carving, xyloglyphy

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

relief, eng. law. a relief was an incident to every feudal tenure, by way of 
fine or composition with the lord for taking up the estate which was lapsed 
or fallen in by the death of the last tenant. at one time the amount was 
arbitrary; but afterwards the relief of a knight's fee became fixed at one 
hundred shillings. 2 bl. com. 65. 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

relief, practice. that assistance which a court of chancery will lend to a 
party to annul a contract tinctured with fraud, or where there has been a 
mistake or accident; courts of equity grant relief to all parties in cases 
where they have rights, ex aequo et bono, and modify and fashion that relief 
according to circumstances. 

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