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Verbs (23)
remedy
v. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
unbosom
v. relieve oneself of troubling information
take by stealing
v. take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
deliver
v. free from a burden, evil, or distress
alleviate, palliate, assuage
v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
excuse, exempt, let off
v. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
ease, still, allay
v. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
take over, take over from, take over the duties of
v. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
salvage, save, salve
v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
free, exempt, release from obligation, free from a rule
v. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
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Fuzzynyms (109)
cure, heal
v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
rehabilitate, restore the health of
v. restore the health of
fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up
v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
reduce, simplify
v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
palliate, extenuate, mitigate
v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
temper, moderate, chasten
v. restrain or temper
lighten, lighten up, brighten, make brighter
v. make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify
v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
slack, slake, abate
v. make less active or intense
strengthen, fortify, beef up
v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
administer, dispense
v. give or apply (medications)
blunt, make blunt, dull, make dull
v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
assuage, slake, quench, allay
v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
quiet, hush, fall silent, quieten, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
mollify, make less rigid
v. make less rigid or softer
break, interrupt, end prematurely
v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
mark, make a mark on, leave a mark on
v. make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
substitute, replace
v. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
support, bolster, bolster up
v. support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
remedy, relieve
v. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
tame, chasten, subdue
v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
calm, cool off, chill out, calm down, simmer down, compose oneself, cool it
v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize
v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
discharge, clear, acquit, assoil, exonerate, exculpate
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
justify, vindicate
v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
assuage, mollify, appease, gentle, pacify, lenify, placate, gruntle
v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
quiet, hush, fall silent, quieten, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
interrupt, disturb
v. destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
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Antonyms (20)
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse
v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
load, place a load on
v. fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
fault, blame
v. put or pin the blame on
implement, apply, enforce, ensure obedience to
v. ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
order, regulate, regularize, govern
v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
limit, restrict, put restrictions on
v. place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
relieve
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