[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).Synonyms: diminish , abate , lessen , lighten , allay , assuage , mitigate Antonyms: intensify", "to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.", "to free from need, poverty, etc.Synonyms: sustain , support", "to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).Synonyms: succor , assist , help , aid", "to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.", "to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress):to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls.", "to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of:curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.", "to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.", "to release (one on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.", "Machinery.to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum.to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.", "to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum.", "to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.", "Baseball.to replace (a pitcher)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Baseball.to act as a relief pitcher relief pitcher:He relieved in 52 games for the Pirates last season."]}]