Relief

Definition: Relief

Relief

Noun

1. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief".

2. The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease".

3. (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?".

4. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins".

5. Assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims".

6. A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests".

7. A change for the better.

8. Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped; "he has been on relief for many years".

9. The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain".

10. : sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.

11. : the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "relief" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Geography

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Publishing & Graphic Arts

Science

Social Sciences

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Synonyms: Relief

Aid

Relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex machina.

Convexity

Salient, in relief, raised, repousse; bloated; (expanded).

Relief, relievo, cameo; bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief, high relief.

Manifestation

Verb: make manifest, render manifest; Adjective: bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl the flag; proclaim; (publish).

Refreshment

Noun: bracing; Verb: recovery of strength, recuperation; restoration, revival; repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait; relief.

Relief

Noun: relief; deliverance; refreshment; easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby.

Restoration

Reaction; redemption; (deliverance);reaction; redemption; (deliverance); restitution; relief.

Sculpture

High relief, low relief, bas relief; relief; relieve; bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo; intaglio, anaglyph; medal, medallion; cameo.

Adjective: sculptured; Verb: in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic; parian; marble; Noun: xanthian.

Crosswords: Relief

French (relief), German (relief), Hungarian (embossing, embossment), Romanian (relief), Swedish (embossment, relief, relievo).

That's a relief. I was starting to think I'd done something wrong by bringing him back home (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Karl Tunberg)

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to. (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly)

That analogy has bathed me in relief. (Postcards from the Edge; writing credit: Carrie Fisher)

Guy, Guy maybe you're the plucky comic relief. You ever think about that (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard)

Male company will be a pleasant relief in this hothouse of female emotions (The Man from Snowy River; writing credit: Fred Cullen; John Dixon)

Then he smiled with great relief (Tucker’s Town; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

I can't get no relief ("All Along the Watchtower"; performing artist: Jimi Hendrix)

Trying to find relief (Crybaby; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

But I just can't get no relief, Lord (Somebody To Love; performing artist: QUEEN; writing credit: Freddie Mercury)

And then you run to the store for quick relief ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work (references; author: unknown)

United China Relief (1942)

Farm Relief (1929)

War Relief (1918)

The Relief of Ladysmith (1900)

Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Safety or Relief Valves: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Bas Relief & Applique (Sugarcraft Skills Series) (reference)

• Herbs for the Urinary Tract: Herbal Relief for Kidney Stones, Bladder Infections and Other Problems of the Urinary Tract (Keats Good Herb Guide serie (reference)

• The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving: With Project Patterns for Line Carving, Relief Carving, Carving in the Round, and Bird Carving (reference)

• The Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression With St. John's Wort, Kava, Ginkgo, 5-Htp, Homeopathy, and Other Alternative Therapies (reference)

• The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Studies On Emergencies And Disaster Relief (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Stress Relief Yoga (reference)

• Best of Comic Relief '90 (reference)

• Living Yoga: Stress Relief Yoga for Beginners (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• KKSF 103.7 FM Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 12 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• HOSA XLR FEMALE CONNECTOR, CLAMP STRAIN RELIEF (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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The camp at McCook during the floods along the Republican River Geodetic crew helped in relief efforts Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Relief map of Truk Island developed to guide bombing missions Work of Roswell Bolstad while Marine intelligence officer. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Shaded relief map of Antarctica developed from RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar data. RADARSAT is a Canadian satellite. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Gloves for relief workers at the World Trade Center.

Humanitarian relief effort.

Polish Typhus Relief Commission : Company of Polish women soldiers. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Taking Wounded Aboard "Relief" at siboney, Cuba, July 1898. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Cover for sheet music composed by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It honors Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, Commandant of the First Naval District, and features his portrait. Chief Erd, who served at First Naval District Headquarters, in Boston, Massachusetts, contributed the royalties from this composition to the wartime Navy Relief effort. Credit: NAVY.

On the occasion of McCain's relief by Fitch as Commander, Aircraft, South Pacific Force, circa 21 September 1942. RAdm. McCain was transferred to Washington, D.C., to become Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. The photo may have been taken on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Credit: NAVY.

Hamilton flag-draped obelisk monument with relief sculpture. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)

But my son, when able, may seek the relief of the law, which I am denied: he or his son may renew his appeal, till he recover his right. (Second Treatise of Government)

Where a contract between enemies has been dissolved by reason either of failure on the part of either party to carry out its provisions or of the exercise of a right stipulated in the contract itself the party prejudiced may apply to the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal for relief. (reference)

In none of these cases was it necessary to re-examine the doctrine to grant relief to the Negro plaintiff. (reference)

Appellants directly appealed to this Court on the injunctive rulings, and appellee cross-appealed from the District Court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was a very great relief to Emma to find Harriet as desirous as herself to avoid a meeting

After it had passed away, they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with

For the relief and deliverance of prisoners, five hundred livres

Tears of joy and relief shone in his delighted eyes and his lips parted though they would not speak

"If they all felt like this in the morning it was probably a relief."

Maybe you can go on relief.

But my little nurse ran to my relief, and took me out, after I had swallowed above a quart of cream

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Health

This in turn produces temporary pain relief. (references)

Treatment emphasizes relief of these symptoms. (references)

Movement provides temporary relief from the discomfort. (references)

Business

Current income tax relief for CHP aggregates applies only to small operations. (references)

Expected economic liberalization and tax relief will definitely broaden the local forestry equipment market. (references)

No duty relief is granted for parts imported for in-warranty replacement, nor for inter-company transfers (as opposed to sale to third parties). (references)

Children

Germany

Persons with severe disabilities may be granted special benefits, such as tax relief, free public transport, special parking facilities, and exemption from radio and television fees. (references)

Afghanistan

Victims of landmines continued to be a major focus of international humanitarian relief organizations, which devoted resources to providing prostheses, medical treatment, and rehabilitation therapy to amputees. (references)

Malaysia

Provisions for persons with disabilities in the 2001 budget include several allowances for tax relief for working spouses of persons with disabilities, full exemption for all medical fees at government hospitals, and full exemption on fees for travel documents. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guinea

Foreign missionaries and church-affiliated relief agencies operate freely. (references)

Sri Lanka

The ICRC in September 2000 replaced its relief and supply ship with a new vessel. (references)

Korea

Overseas religious relief organizations have been active in responding to the country's food crisis. (references)

Discrimination

Malta

Alleged victims of job discrimination may apply directly for relief to the Employment Commission of the first hall of the Civil Court in the appropriate jurisdiction. (references)

Economic History

Chad

Debt relief was accorded to Chad in May 2001. (references)

Guyana

A top priority for the government has been debt relief. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

In many areas, prisoners are able to receive food from family members or from relief agencies. (references)

Uganda

On September 1, LRA terrorists killed one relief worker and four civilians in an ambush in Gulu. (references)

Sierra Leone

Relief organizations expanded their areas of operations during the year as the security situation improved. (references)

Minorities

Dominican Republic

Most social services in shantytowns are provided by NGO's and other relief organizations. (references)

Azerbaijan

In June the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) became the subject of several negative press reports on independent television stations. (references)

Lebanon

Palestinian children reportedly have been forced to leave school at an early age because U.N. relief workers do not have sufficient funds for education programs. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

During the year, attacks seriously jeopardized relief operations. (references)

NICARAGUA

Nicaragua should receive debt service relief in 2003 through the HIPC initiative. (references)

Pakistan

The Brown Amendment enacted in 1996 provided some relief from the Pressler sanctions. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

A pattern emerged whereby local Coalition representatives were denied admittance to polling places when the polls opened, then were allowed to enter later in the day after they sought relief through the courts, then again were denied access on technical grounds at the end of the voting day. (references)

Trade

Romania

In accordance with EU customs regulations, Romania applies inward processing relief operations. (references)

Romania

The inward processing relief operates either through a "duty suspension" or a "duty draw back" method. (references)

Travel

Brazil

US Commercial or Consular officers are unable to secure relief for anyone arriving without a valid visa. (references)

Women

Pakistan

Thus it is difficult for women to obtain relief from the justice system in cases of domestic violence. (references)

Croatia

NGO's reported that in practice, women who were sexually harassed often did not resort to the Penal Code for relief for fear of losing their jobs. (references)

Worker Rights

Laos

The victims have no recourse to relief. (references)

Brazil

Those who are dismissed must often resort to a lengthy court process for relief. (references)

Russia

An increasing number of workers owed back wages seek relief through the court system, but the process is lengthy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "relief": Backache Maximum Strength Relief ♦ bas relief ♦ be in relief ♦ be in relief against ♦ be on relief ♦ breathe a sigh of relief ♦ bring out in full relief ♦ bring relief ♦ by way of relief ♦ drain relief plug ♦ economic relief plan ♦ feel relief ♦ find relief ♦ Grand relief ♦ high relief ♦ in the relief ♦ indoor relief ♦ inward relief valve ♦ low relief ♦ Maximum Pain Relief Pamprin ♦ on relief ♦ outdoor relief ♦ person on relief ♦ physical relief ♦ poor relief ♦ pressure control relief ♦ pressure regulator with relief device ♦ pressure relief terminal box ♦ pressure relief valve ♦ radial relief ♦ relief action ♦ relief agency ♦ relief driver ♦ relief from duty ♦ relief fund ♦ relief hole ♦ relief in place ♦ relief map ♦ relief milling ♦ relief of pressure ♦ relief of the poor ♦ relief of the strain ♦ relief organization ♦ relief pitcher ♦ relief print ♦ relief printing ♦ relief road ♦ relief supplies ♦ relief train ♦ relief treatment of stress ♦ relief tube ♦ relief valve ♦ relief watchman ♦ relief work ♦ relief worker ♦ relief workers ♦ relief works ♦ sculptural relief ♦ seeking relief ♦ shaded relief ♦ sigh of relief ♦ Sominex Pain Relief ♦ stand out in relief ♦ stress relief treatment ♦ subdued relief ♦ tax relief ♦ throw into relief ♦ top relief ♦ transitional relief ♦ unemployed relief station ♦ Unisom with Pain Relief ♦ Vicks DayQuil Sinus Pressure & Congestion Relief [OTC]. Additional references.

Beginning with "relief": relief-agency, relief-areas, relief-bringing, relief-colouring, relief-composition, relief-decoration, relief-dependent, relief-figures, relief-giving, relief-kitchens, relief-like, relief-line, relief-managing, relief-picture, relief-pithoi, relief-sculpture, relief-slabs, relief-valve.

Ending with "relief": out-relief, poor-relief, tax-relief.

Containing "relief": tax-relief-induced.

Afrikaans

belastingvermindering (tax abatement, tax reduction, tax relief), belastingverlaging (tax abatement, tax reduction, tax relief), bas-relief (bas-relief, low relief). (various references)

Albanian

zbutje (alleviation, amortization, appeasement, attenuation, creep, domestication, extenuation, maceration, malaxation, mitigation, mollification, propitiation, reclamation, relaxation, softening), suplementar (added, expletive, extra, odd, run on, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), shtese (additional, augmentative, collateral, excess, extra, subsidiary), shkarkim (absolution, alighting, debarkation, debarkment, deposition, discharge, disembarkation, dismissal, dismission, dumping, exemption, exoneration, outlet, release, unloading, walking papers), qetësim (appeasement, assuagement, comfort, impassivity, lull, mollification, pacification, propitiation, reassurance, rest, sedation, slack, softening), ngushëllim (comfort, commiseration, condolence, consolation, refuge, resort, solace), ndihmë (aid, assistance, backstop, bee, boon, charity, dole, endowment, facilitation, help, stay, subsidy, subvention, succor, succour, support), lehtësim (attenuation, easement, extenuation, facilitation, mitigation, palliation, relaxation, release, remission, softening, solace), lëshim (coast, concession, discharge, droop, drop, emission, failure, flaccidity, flagging, funk, issuance, issue, launch, launching, laxity, laxness, megrims, profligacy, release, sag, tolerance), dallim (contradistinction, difference, differentiation, discernment, discrimination, distinction, identification), asistencë (assistance). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تخفيض (decrease, lessening, lowering, markdown, rebate, reduction, run down), ‏راحة (comfort, cosiness, ease, grace, leisure, letup, lie, pause, recuperation, repose, rest, stop), ‏إرتياح (satisfaction), ‏إعانة نجدة, ‏إعفاء (acquittal, dispensation, exemption, immunity, release, remission of debts), ‏إسعاف (succor, succour), ‏إنقاذ (deliverance, extrication, rescue, salvage, salvation, saving), ‏النحت النافر, ‏بروز (bulge, occurrence, outcrop, projection, prominence, protuberance, salience), ‏ترويح (revival), ‏فرج, ‏تضاريس, ‏تحرير (emancipation, freeing, liberation, redaction, release), ‏غوث (aid, succor, succour), ‏وضوح المعالم, ‏نجدة (aid, help, salvage, sos, succor, succour, support), ‏مساعدة (aid, assist, assistance, benefit, contribution, good turn, grant, help, subsidy, succor, succour, support), ‏مساعدة إجتماعية, ‏عون (aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, comfort, lift, succor, succour). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоение (assuagement, ease, reassurance, salve), сменяне (interchange, shift), релефност (boldness), релефен, релеф (lay, relievo), разнообразие (change, diversity, multiplicity, variety), вдигане на обсада, отчетливост (clearness, distinctness), облекчение (alleviation, comfort, letup), приятна промяна, помощен (adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, helping, pilot, pony, servo-, subservient, subsidiary), извънреден (emergency, extra, occasional, over, special, supernumerary, supplemental), допълнителен (accessary, accessorial, accidental, additional, additive, adjunct, complementary, contributory, excess, expletive, extra, extraordinary, farther, follow up, fresh, further, over, plus, pony, side, subsidiary, supplementary, tributary). (various references)

Chinese 

解脫 (free oneself), 安心. (various references)

Czech

reliéf, zmírnìní (alleviation, assuagement, easing, extenuation, mitigation, palliation), zmìna (alteration, amendment, break, change, changeover, mutation, revision, shift, transformation, variance, variation, vicissitude), uvolnìní (disengagement, easing, relaxation, release, thaw, undoing, vacation), stráž (guard, patrol, sentinel, sentry, watch), pomoc (aid, assistance, help, ministration, refuge, remedy, stand by, standby, succour, support), podpora (assistance, backing, backup, boost, encouragement, furtherance, lift, pension, promotion, subsidy, subvention, support), kontrast (contrast), úleva. (various references)

Danish

relief (physical relief), terrænform, terrænforhold (land topography), støtte (lean, support, sustain), nødhjælp, lettelse, lempelse (abatement, easing, release, remission), landskabspleje (land topography, landscape management, landscape planning, landscape preservation, landscape protection, landscaping, site preservation), bistand (allocation, allowance, bonus, subsidy, subvention), bagslibning (radial relief, regrinding cutter blades, sharpening). (various references)

Dutch

relief, reliëf (land topography), reliëfvorm (physical relief), vergemakkelýking, verademing, topografie (land topography, topography), terreingesteldheid, vrijslijping (radial relief), vergemakkelijking, achterslijping (radial relief), verlichting (abatement), opluchting, ontheffing (abatement, release, remission), ondersteuning (subsidy), landschapsvorm, bodemreliëf (land topography), sociale verzorging (social welfare, subsidy, subvention). (various references)

Esperanto

malaltreliefo (bas-relief, low relief), impostmalplialtigo (tax abatement, tax reduction, tax relief), bareliefo (bas-relief, low relief). (various references)

Farsi 

خطبرجسته , راحتی (Convenience), رفع نگرانی , اعانه (Benefit, Bounty, Contribution, Handout, Subvention), ازادی (Freedom, Immunity, Independence, Liberty, Option, Release), اسایش خاطر (Security), اسودگی (Comfort, Convenience, Ease, Leisure, Repose), امداد, برجسته کاری (Boss), جانشین (Deputy, Pinch, Substitute, Surrogate, Vicar, Vicarious), فراغت (Leisure, Opportunity), تشفی , ترمیم , تسکین (Sedation, Solace), تسکینی , حجاری برجسته , گره گشاءی , کمک (Adjutant, Aid, Ancillary, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Help, Helper, Helpmeet, Mate, Second, Service, Subservience, Succor, Support), جبران (Amends, Back, Recompense, Recovery, Rectification, Reprisal, Restitution). (various references)

Finnish

lievennys (alleviation, ease), huojennus (ease, reduction), helpotus (alleviation, reduction, remission), hätäapu. (various references)

French

relief (physical relief), soulagement, secours (relief supplies, rescue), dégrèvement (rebate). (various references)

German

Relief (physical relief), Erleichterung (alleviation, easement, facilitation, facility, gladness, lightening), Unterstützung (aid, assistance, backing, benefit, encouragement, grant, maintenance, promotion, sponsorship, support), Linderung (abatement, alleviation, assuagement, easement, easing, mitigation, soothing), Hilfe (aid, assistance, easement, help, succor), Ablösung (detachment, lump payment, paying off, peeling off, redemption, relay, relief watchman, relieving, removal, repayment, replacement). (various references)

Greek 

ανακούφιση (alleviation, comfort, palliation, solace). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחליף (stand in, substitute), תבליט, פורקן (redemption, relaxation, release, salvation, vent), ארגעה (calming, pacifying, respite), השתחררות (deliverance, demobilization, discharge, emancipation, liberty, release), הקלה (comfort, easement, mitigation, palliation), הרוחה (comfort, spaciousness), הרגעה (abatement, all clear, appeasement, calming, cooling down, easement, lull, pacifying, palliation, quieting, soothing), הצלה (deliverance, rescue, saving), רוחה (comfort, prosperity, roominess, welfare, well being). (various references)

Hungarian

térszín, segítség (aid, assistance, help, mayday, subsidy, succor, succour, support), megkönnyebbülés (ease, easement, unburdening), könnyítés (alleviation, facilitation, lightening, purchase), felmentés (absolution, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, deliverance, dispensation, exculpation, exemption, exoneration), enyhülés (détente, easement, extenuation, salve, softening, solace, surcease), domborzat. (various references)

Icelandic

léttir. (various references)

Indonesian

perasaan lega, lega (capacious, commodious), kelegaan (space), gambar timbul. (various references)

Italian

rilievo (emphasis, height, high ground, importance, remark, rubbing, take over). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

緩和 (mitigation), 交替 (alternation, change, relay, shift). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さばさば (candid), えんぺい (cover and hide, reinforcements), あんど, あんしん (peace of mind), こうたい (a luminous body, alternation, antibody, backspace, change, exchange, relay, retreat, rise and fall, shift), かんわ (Chinese Character-Japanese, gossip, mitigation, quiet talk, the Mandarin language), かんかい (bureaucracy, impression, surrounded by the sea, surrounding seas), えんご (associated word, backing, covering, protection), うきぼり (embossed carving), すくい (aid, help), きゅうえん (baseball all-star game, courtship, eternity, old acquaintance, old grudge, old relationship, reinforcement, rescue, suspending performance), きゅうじょ (aid, rescue), きゅうご (aid), きゅうさい (aid, former wife, help, nonappearance in print, old debt, rescue, salvation), きゅうそく (pace, rapid, relaxation, rest, resting, speed of a pitched ball), レリーフ , リリーフ , かわり (a replacement, a turn, alteration, alternate, an exchange transaction, change, compensation, deputy, difference, proxy, second helping, strangeness, substitute). (various references)

Korean 

기복. (various references)

Manx

releef, fer coonee (adjutant, aider, ally, auxiliary, collaborator, confederate, helper), couyr (cure, help, redress, resort, resource). (various references)

Norwegian

lettelse. (various references)

Pig Latin

eliefray.(various references)

Portuguese

relevo (beard, flash), auxílio (assistance, benefit, contribution, co-operation, countenance, favor, favour, fostering, furtherance, help, maintenance, ministry, patronage, protection, rescue, resort, rock, salve, staff, support). (various references)

Romanian

relief, importanţã (account, amount, bearing, concern, consequence, consideration, extent, gravity, greatness, importance, interest, magnitude, matter, moment, pith, prominence, relevance, relevancy, self-importance, significance, store, value, weight), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, assistant, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), alinare (alleviation, comfort, consolation, ease, mitigation, palliation, tempering), asistenţã (aid, assistance, attendance, audience, company, help, promotion), consolare (comfort, consolation, solace), culoare (color, colour, colouring, dye, flush, hue, straight, tincture, tinge, tint), îndreptare (amendament,