RELIEVE

someone of something [phrasal verb] [+ object +object] [formal] - to dismiss (someone) from (their job or position) because they have done something wrongFollowing the scandal, he was relieved of his post as deputy finance minister.It has been announced that the committee's chairperson is to be relieved of her duties.After the team's disastrous performance, Perez was unceremoniously relieved of the captaincy.The general was relieved of his command in 1941, but in 1942 was given a new position.