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present participle and gerund of relieve examples
comparative more relieving, superlative most relieving
That brings relief. quotations examples
Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 24
plural relievings
(archaic) A change in colour, texture, etc. that relieves monotony. quotations
Purple flowers are commonly contrasted with centres or variegations of bright yellow, as blue flowers are with like relievings of orange […]
1850, George Field, Rudiments of the Painters' Art, page 68
The light—divested of its aching brilliancy, lies sweetly upon the floor, checkered as that old man's life, in its quaint, yet charming relievings of shadow.
1855, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volume 5, page 42