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    plural -liefs
    
    a pleasant and relaxed feeling that someone has when something unpleasant stops or does not happen [noncount]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the removal or reducing of something that is painful or unpleasant
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] things (such as food, money, or medicine) that are given to help people who are victims of a war, earthquake, flood, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    b chiefly US old-fashioned :money that is given by the government to poor people :welfare
    
    
    
    [noncount] :a person or group that replaces another person or group that needs rest or has finished a period of work
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    something that is enjoyable and that replaces for a short time something that is boring, unpleasant, or difficult [singular]
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :a way of decorating wood, stone, metal, etc., with designs that stick out above the surface
    
    
    
    [count] :a work of art with designs that stick out above the surface
    
    
    
    [noncount] :a situation in which something is more noticeable when it is compared to something else