## Meanings
1. The good feeling you get when worry, pain, or trouble ends or eases.
2. The reducing or removing of pain, stress, or discomfort.
3. Help, such as food or money, given to people in need.

## Examples
- When I heard the news, I was suddenly flooded with relief.
- This medicine gives quick relief from headaches.
- The charity sent relief to the flood victims.

## Derived Forms
- antirelief
- counter-relief
- demirelief
- epirelief
- half-relief
- hyporelief
- microrelief
- out-relief
- photorelief
- reliefful
- reliefless
- relieflike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: relief
- Root: relever
- Root: relevo

## Etymology
From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.

## AI Etymology
Relief comes from Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve. Modern senses include the good feeling you get when worry, pain, or trouble ends or eases. and the reducing or removing of pain, stress, or discomfort.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirelief, counter-relief, demirelief, epirelief, half-relief, and hyporelief.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Actions & Processes

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