v.
1.provide physical relief, as from pain
2.free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
3.grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
4.lessen the intensity of or calm
5.save from ruin, destruction, or harm
6.relieve oneself of troubling information
7.alleviate or remove
8.provide relief for
9.free from a burden, evil, or distress 10.take by stealing 11.grant exemption or release to
Idiom of the Day
sign one's own death warrant
to do something knowingly that will probably result in severe trouble
Our secretary signed her own death warrant when she came to work late three times last week.