n. 25B6; noun
it was such a relief to share my worries : REASSURANCE, consolation, comfort, solace.
the relief of pain : ALLEVIATION, alleviating, relieving, assuagement, assuaging, palliation, allaying, soothing, easing, lessening, reduction.
relief from her burden : FREEDOM, release, liberation, deliverance.
a little light relief : RESPITE, amusement, diversion, entertainment, jollity, jollification, recreation.
bringing relief to the starving : HELP, aid, assistance, succour, sustenance; charity, gifts, donations.
his relief arrived to take over : REPLACEMENT, substitute, deputy, reserve, cover, stand-in, supply, locum (tenens), understudy.
intensification.
25A0; throw something into relief HIGHLIGHT, spotlight, give prominence to, point up, show up, emphasize, bring out, stress, accent, underline, underscore, accentuate.