as in relaxed
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as in alleviated
to make more bearable or less severe
an ice pack will relieve the swelling
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2
as in rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator
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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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Recent Examples of relieved
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
When Jamie Meyers' flight landed in New York from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday evening, the cabin full of relieved passengers burst into applause.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
The actors bowed, looking relieved.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Next, the lucky ones who got out posted relieved dispatches from the air en route elsewhere.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
When Jamie Meyers' flight landed in New York from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday evening, the cabin full of relieved passengers burst into applause.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
That's why, on a recent visit, I was relieved to find that the Park Hyatt Tokyo felt familiar as soon as the elevator doors slid open into the 41st-floor Peak Lounge.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
The actors bowed, looking relieved.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relieved
Adjective
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In Casual mode, players can take their time with unlimited chances to find every change, perfect for a relaxed, low-pressure experience.—
Rachel Jacoby Zoldan,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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When consuming oregano, however, blood vessels can be more relaxed and open due to carvacrol.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The 2022 releases from Flaming Gorge were followed by a wet winter, which alleviated water worries across the region for a time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Landsman said the military objectives in Iran have been met; Vargas said the humanitarian crisis facing Iranian protesters had been alleviated; and Cuellar said the president’s grace period for providing a rationale for the war had expired.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Vince Galante replaced former head of Jeep design Mark Allen in 2023.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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After the first sunny spring day, Parisians have officially packed up their winter wardrobe and replaced knits and boots with breezy trench coats and elegant ballerina flats—a look the French are perhaps most famous for.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To wriggle out of Joseph’s grasp, Michael hires a brash young lawyer, John Branca, played by Miles Teller, who lends the coolly confident character a delightfully rough edge.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Owners should also be confident in their long-term plans for the property.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The tap-tap-tap hammering up and down my spine and around my shoulder blades actually soothed me nearly to sleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Irrational fears can’t be soothed by logic.—
Calvin Kasulke,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Attempts to refloat the mammal with the help of police boats, excavators and inflatable boats had temporarily freed it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Some worried he would be freed and not tried in the killing of Iryna Zarutska.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What if it eventually gets superseded by a fuller theory, just as quantum mechanics supplanted Newtonian physics a century ago?—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Apr. 2026
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Snapchat would, in fact, be superseded as the political-comms fad du jour, but Democratic hand-wringing about the Party’s visibility in a fragmented attention economy has never gone out of style, and Swalwell has often been seen as an exemplar of how to be everywhere, all at once.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Kunzweiler, a phlegmatic, gray-haired career prosecutor a generation older, prized the finality of a jury verdict — and the punishment that went with it.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Relieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relieved. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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