relieve (v.)
- abate
- abet
- abridge
- absolve
- aid
- allay
- alleviate
- alternate
- anesthetize
- appease
- assist
- assuage
- assure
- avail
- befriend
- benefit
- benumb
- bereave
- bleed
- cheer
- comfort
- console
- cover
- curtail
- cushion
- deaden
- decrease
- deliver
- deprive
- differ
- differentiate
- diminish
- disburden
- discharge
- disencumber
- dispense
- displace
- dissent
- disunify
- divaricate
- diverge
- diversify
- divest
- doctor
- drain
- dull
- ease
- encourage
- enlist
- excuse
- favor
- foment
- free
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- hearten
- help
- lay
- lessen
- let
- liberate
- lift
- lighten
- loot
- lull
- milk
- mine
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- numb
- pad
- palliate
- plunder
- poultice
- protect
- qualify
- quiet
- raise
- rally
- ransack
- reassure
- reclaim
- redeem
- reduce
- release
- remedy
- replace
- represent
- rescue
- restore
- resuscitate
- revive
- rid
- rifle
- rob
- salve
- save
- slacken
- slake
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- spare
- spell
- sub
- subdue
- subrogate
- substitute
- succeed
- succor
- supersede
- supplant
- supply
- support
- tap
- temper
- unburden
- unlade
- unload
- variegate
- vary
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve,—how exquisite the bliss!
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.
