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relieved

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verb

past tense of relieve
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as in replaced
to take the place of at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty

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“Relieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relieved. Accessed 10 Jun. 2023.

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