| query | If people or animals r______ themselves, they urinate or defecate .If people or animals relieve themselves, they urinate or defecate . It is not difficult to train your dog to relieve itself on command. |
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| word | relieve |
| full-definition | verb If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely. Meditation can relieve stress. This should relieve the pressure on you to keep her entertained. If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you. A bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasing unpaid invoices. If someone relieves you of something, they take it away from you. A porter relieved her of the three large cases. If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing. At seven o'clock the night nurse came in to relieve her. If someone is relieved of their duties or is relieved of their post, they are told that they are no longer required to continue in their job. The officer involved was relieved of his duties because he had violated strict guidelines. The party leader has been relieved of his post. If an army relieves a town or another place which has been surrounded by enemy forces, it frees it. The offensive began several days ago as an attempt to relieve the town. If people or animals relieve themselves, they urinate or defecate . It is not difficult to train your dog to relieve itself on command. |
| inflections | relievesrelievingrelieved |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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