What is the meaning of relieve?

verb

• Provide physical relief, as from pain.
  • usage: "This pill will relieve your headaches"
  • synonyms: alleviate, palliate, assuage
• Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations.
  • synonyms: take over
• Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.
  • usage: "She exempted me from the exam"
  • synonyms: exempt, free
• Lessen the intensity of or calm.
  • usage: "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
  • synonyms: still, allay, ease
• Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
  • synonyms: salvage, salve, save
• Relieve oneself of troubling information.
  • synonyms: unbosom
• Provide relief for.
  • usage: "remedy his illness"
  • synonyms: remedy
• Free from a burden, evil, or distress.
• Take by stealing.
  • usage: "The thief relieved me of $100"
• Grant exemption or release to.
  • usage: "Please excuse me from this class"
  • synonyms: excuse, let off, exempt
• Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive.
  • usage: "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
  • synonyms: lighten