Definition of "relieving" []

• Present participle of relieve. (verb)

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• "I staggered to the bathroom, understanding for the first time the term relieving oneself."
• "The news of Dermody's death [1] is truly afflicting; and glad am I to find the literary worthies were not backward in relieving his distress, however his distress came."
• "This man did himself and all other sportsmen a dis-service, at least the DNR did the right thing in relieving him of his duties."