relieves

present tense third-person singular of relieve
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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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“Relieves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relieves. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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