Difference between Relieve and Excuse

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: NOUN

A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
An example.
A poor example
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
A note explaining an absence
An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.
A reason or grounds for excusing.
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
An inferior example.
That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
Synonyms Apology, Excuse, Plea. See apology.
That which serves as a reason or ground for excusing; an extenuating or justifying fact or argument, or what is adduced as such by way of apology or to secure pardon.
A plea offered or reason given in extenuation of a fault or a failure in duty; an apology; as, the debtor makes excuses for delay of payment.
The act of excusing or apologizing, exculpating or justifying.
The act of excusing.

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: VERB

Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Grant exemption or release to
Provide relief for
Relieve oneself of troubling information
Save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Lessen the intensity of or calm
Alleviate or remove
Provide physical relief, as from pain
Take by stealing
Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Free from a burden, evil, or distress

Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
Serve as a reason or cause or justification of
Grant exemption or release to
Ask for permission to be released from an engagement
Accept an excuse for
Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
To forgive; to pardon.
To allow to leave.
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: TRANSITIVE VERB

To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen
To cause a lessening or alleviation of.
To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.
To furnish assistance or aid to.
To rescue from siege.
To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
To enter the game as a relief pitcher after (another pitcher).
To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
To rob or deprive.
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant.
To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver.

To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact.
To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook.
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
To give permission to leave; release.
To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt.
To serve as justification for.
To explain (a fault or offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood; try to justify: : forgive.
To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense.
To grant pardon to; forgive.
To make allowance for; overlook or forgive.

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: OTHER WORD TYPES

To lift up; set up a second time; hence, to collect; assemble.
To free, wholly or partly, from pain, grief, want, anxiety, trouble, encumbrance, or anything that is considered to be an evil; give ease, comfort, or consolation to; help; aid; support; succor: as, to relieve the poor and needy.
Specifically, to bring efficient help to (a besieged place); raise the siege of.
To release from a post, station, task, or duty by substituting another person or party; put another in the place of, or take the place of, in the performance of any duty, the bearing of any burden, or the like: as, to relieve a sentinel or guard.
To ease of any burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition, by indemnification for losses, or the like; right.
To give assistance to; support.
To mitigate; lessen; soften.
To give relief or prominence to, literally or figuratively; hence, to give contrast to; heighten the effect or interest of, by contrast or variety.
Synonyms Mitigate. Assuage, etc. (see alleviate); diminish, lighten.
To rise; arise.
To remove, wholly or partially, as anything that depresses, weighs down, pains, oppresses, etc.; mitigate; alleviate; lessen.
(idiom) (relieve (oneself)) To urinate or defecate.

Synonyms To extenuate.
To shield from blame.
To regard, permit, or receive with indulgence.
To remit; refrain from exacting: as, to excuse a fine.
To free or release from an obligation or duty; release by favor.
To pardon, as a fault; forgive entirely, or overlook as venial or not blameworthy.
To furnish or serve as an excuse or apology for; serve as justification for; justify.
To offer an excuse or apology for: often reflexively.
To exempt, release, let off.
Be lenient with
(idiom) (Excuse me) Used to request that a statement be repeated.
(idiom) (Excuse me) Used to acknowledge and ask forgiveness for an action that could cause offense.

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: RELATED WORDS

Let off, Still, Free, Excuse, Exempt, Deliver, Salvage, Save, Palliate, Salve, Remedy, Allay, Assuage, Ease, Alleviate

Reason, Justification, Self justification, Beg off, Let off, Exempt, Pardon, Relieve, Apologise, Explain, Rationalize, Apologize, Condone, Justify, Alibi

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: DESCRIBE WORDS

Lessen, Take over, Let off, Still, Free, Excuse, Exempt, Salvage, Save, Palliate, Salve, Remedy, Allay, Assuage, Ease

Pretense, Rationale, Smokescreen, Explanation, Pretext, Justification, Beg off, Let off, Exempt, Relieve, Apologise, Rationalize, Condone, Justify, Alibi

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

Treatment necessary either to control or relieve symptoms.
Open all service valves and relieve system pressure.
Celestite can relieve stress, anxiety and obsessive behaviours.
Management will not even come and relieve you!
ASEAN to relieve stress and build unit cohesion.
Have you taken any medication to relieve pain?
ASAIHSr forces can relieve the Red Army troops.
ADVAIR DISKUS does not relieve sudden breathing problems.
Moreover, it will relieve some of the stress.
Use nutmeg to relieve pain, soothe indigestion, relieve insomnia, and improve brain function.

Korean War as an excuse to abolish theunits.
Looking for an excuse to barbecue this summer?
Individual conscience should decide proper cause for excuse.
Excuse my inglish, me knot right sew well.
The issue is not whether she had a sufficient excuse but whether the trail court had reason to believe she had a sufficient excuse.
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
If you absolutely must make an excuse right now for goodness sake, make the excuse briefer than your apology.
There is no excuse for ignoring this latest one, nor legitimate reason to excuse those who may have created it.
Meeks is spewing excuse after excuse in an attempt to preserve her power and disenfranchise voters.
The simple fact is that Alice Young has made excuse after excuse in both papers.

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: QUESTIONS

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIEVE AND EXCUSE

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: NOUN

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: VERB

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: TRANSITIVE VERB

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: OTHER WORD TYPES

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: RELATED WORDS

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: DESCRIBE WORDS

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

RELIEVE vs EXCUSE: QUESTIONS