relief
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7.7
- noun
- /rɪˈlif/
- Specialized
:
remedio
- It's not just my client who needs relief from this court, Your Honor.
- injunctive relief
- equitable relief
- declaratory relief
So there the defendant is with no relief for what happened during during the trial.
- So there the defendant is with no relief for what happened during during the trial.
- Shortly after their termination, defendants began to compete with the plaintiff, who sought injunctive relief.
- If Joe Schmo sexually assaulted somebody in college and now the whoever that is wants to get relief in the courts under this act, is she going to bother?
Examples
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DMA brought eight claims for relief, including First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges.
Academic text (2017) -
By her sacrifice, the wife gains for the town relief from the plague.
Academic text (1993) -
In such a case, a court may grant relief as justice requires.
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I want to file for injunctive relief and take the site down.
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Criminal penalties, notice requirements, and injunctive relief are required to combat the quickly growing problem.
Academic text (2017) -
The plaintiff comes here seeking equitable relief in justice.
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The Court of International Trade granted the plaintiff's request for injunctive relief from the antidumping duty.
Academic text (1991) -
In such a case, a court may grant relief as justice requires.
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A federal judge determined that the relief requested by the department was appropriate.
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The plaintiff comes here seeking equitable relief in justice.
Synonyms
90
3.8
An action that corrects a mistake or bad situation
24
3.9
Something given or done that makes a person feel their complaint is solved
15
7.6
An action or money that corrects a wrong
An action that fixes a wrong by giving help or money to the person harmed
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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3.1
Help people and communities get after a disaster, such as food, shelter and medical care
- Specialized
2
9.3
A sculpture with figures that stick out a little from a flat background
- Specialized
A style of sculpture where shapes stand out a little from a flat background with no part fully separate
- Specialized
A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper
- Specialized
A raised image carved into a flat surface that stands out from the background
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Relief comes from re- and levare 'to lift', so in law a court gives relief when it 'lifts' a burden from someone by offering protection or compensation. That's why legal relief removes or eases a problem.