relieved 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of relievednext
as in relaxed

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relieved

2 of 2

verb

past tense of relieve
1
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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3
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
Adjective
His relieved celebration told a story (click the link above). — Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 June 2026 Quintero remains relieved of duty without pay, the Homestead Police Department confirmed Friday afternoon. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
Verb
He was relieved from his post after Péter Magyar’s pro-European Tisza party won a landslide election in April, but remained a member of parliament. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Neighbors say they're relieved that something was finally done. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for relieved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relieved
  1. relaxed
  2. alleviated
  3. freed
  4. replaced
  5. confident
  6. soothed
  7. cleared
  8. superseded
Adjective
  • Cities breathe a little easier, celebrated museums and archaeological sites can be explored without long lines, local restaurants return to serving their own communities, and the pace becomes noticeably more relaxed.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
  • Staying true to the relaxed spirit of the place, Blank’s team kept construction within the original 1960s guest facility footprint.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of relaxed
Verb
  • Saudi Arabia’s ability to get oil out via an alternate path had alleviated a lot of that stress.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Friedman might feel more comfortable denying the Arenado trade reports at this point, given that Muncy has alleviated fan concerns and Arenado has joined a division rival instead.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of alleviated
Verb
  • An additional 10% could be freed up if the stock closes at least 30% above the IPO price for five of the ten trading days heading into the report.
    — Lora Kolodny,Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • After firefighters freed her, paramedics took her to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where she was pronounced dead.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • Tyler Zuber replaced Phillips with one out in the fifth and Miami trailing 2-1.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • He was replaced by Stuart Pearce, his former player, in March 2005.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of replaced
Adjective
  • Agamemnon emerged next and cautioned Odysseus, sharing how he was murdered by his wife after being too confident in receiving a hero’s welcome.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • But forecasts are growing more confident in an overall lack of storms by the month.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of confident
Verb
  • That soothed the huge disappointment of their soccer team — World Cup runners-up in 2006 — who went on strike and refused to train before crashing out of the group stages.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Oil prices fell to their lowest level since the US-Israel war with Iran, as growing signs of a tentative return to normality through the Strait of Hormuz soothed markets.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of soothed
Verb
  • First responders cleared about 50 homes in flood-prone areas, said Jerel Haley, the Kerrville police chief.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • If the recent addition is cleared who of the three 7footers gets the nod?
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of cleared
Verb
  • Rather than implementing the judgment, the city argued the parties’ new collective bargaining agreement superseded parts of the arbitration award because it was negotiated after the arbitrator issued his decision.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • But any such order might be superseded by the multi-state lawsuit.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of superseded

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