Definition of "relieves" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relieve. (verb)

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• "That designation relieves districts of having to tell parents of the teacher's sub-par preparation and allows their continued concentration in poor and minority schools."
• "PERRY RHODAN-A distress call relieves the Solar Administrator's distress PUCKY-The mousebeaver doesn't carrot-all for 'yellow journalism'"
• "These threats, however, I did not regard, as I knew the man would never dare to raise his hand against his chief, but as expression relieves the overcharged heart, I did not check his bursts of grief and indignation."