Definitions For Relief
noun
- The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- Assistance in time of difficulty
- Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- A change for the better
- The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- A pause for relaxation
- A pleasant and relaxed feeling that someone has when something unpleasant stops or does not happen
- The removal or reducing of something that is painful or unpleasant
- Things (such as food, money, or medicine) that are given to help people who are victims of a war, earthquake, flood, etc.
Is Relief a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10
The word Relief is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Relief in a Sentence
- I felt such a sense of relief after I finished my thesis.
- He expressed relief that the crisis was finally over.
- Much to everyone's relief, the airplane took off without any problems.