Hyphenation of relieve

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word relieve? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-lieve

Definitions of relieve:

1.	Provide physical relief, as from pain This pill will relieve your headaches
2.	Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
3.	Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to She exempted me from the exam
4.	Lessen the intensity of or calm The news eased my conscience Still the fears
5.	Save from ruin, destruction, or harm
6.	Relieve oneself of troubling information
7.	Provide relief for Remedy his illness
8.	Free from a burden, evil, or distress
9.	Take by stealing The thief relieved me of $100
10.	Grant exemption or release to Please excuse me from this class
11.	Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive Relieve the pressure and the stress Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents

Synonyms of relieve:

verb	alleviate, palliate, assuage, better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
verb	take over, free, discharge
verb	exempt, free
verb	still, allay, ease, comfort, soothe, console, solace
verb	salvage, salve, save, rescue, deliver
verb	unbosom, confide
verb	mitigate
verb	remedy, treat, care for
verb	rid, free, disembarrass
verb	take
verb	excuse, let off, exempt, absolve, justify, free

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.