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How to spell relief

Relief is spelled R-E-L-I-E-F.

hear itre·lief/rɪ'lif/nounRules and real life

What it means: A feeling of comfort when pain, worry, or hardship ends.

In a sentence: The cool breeze brought us relief from the hot sun.

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Watch for the order of ie.

Same family: relieve, relieved, relieving, relievable, reliefed. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Relief” comes from Old French *relief* and Latin *relevare*, meaning “to raise” or “to lighten.” It originally carried the idea of lifting a burden from someone’s shoulders, which is still how we use it today.

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