What does it mean to relieve someone?

Answer 1

When you relieve someone, you take over what they are doing so they can rest. At times, relieving someone is also the same as firing them - removing them from a job because they are not doing it well or properly.

Answer 2

The word relieved is the past participle, past tense of the verb 'to relieve'. The past participle of the verb is also an adjective.

The abstract noun forms for the verb to relieve are reliever and the gerund, relieving.

A related abstract noun form is relief.

Answer 3

having a "weight lifted off your shoulders"// feeling happy that what you didn't want to happen isn't happening.