relief

/rɪˈliːf/

意味: 安堵、救済

例文: Lena felt relief after the exam.
　　  レナは試験後に安堵した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: pain relief(痛みの緩和), tax relief(税の軽減), relief effort(救援活動)

定義: 苦しみや不安が和らぐこと、またはそれを和らげるもの。例えば、痛みが和らぐことや、困難な状況からの解放感を指します。

reliefは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
Noun: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
Noun: (law) redress awarded by a court
Noun: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
Noun: assistance in time of difficulty
Noun: a pause for relaxation
Noun: a change for the better
Noun: aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
Noun: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
Noun: sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Noun: the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She felt relief after finishing the difficult exam.(彼女は難しい試験を終えて安堵した。)
The medicine brought quick relief from the pain.(薬は痛みをすぐに和らげた。)
Relief came when the storm finally passed.(嵐がやっと過ぎて安心した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
Noun: he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
Noun: getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
Noun: was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?
Noun: the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
Noun: we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
Noun: the contributions provided some relief for the victims
Noun: people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
Noun: he has been on relief for many years
Noun: he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain
Noun: he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): alleviation, assuagement, backup, backup man, ease, easement, easing, embossment, fill-in, ministration, moderation, relief, reliever, relievo, respite, rest, rest period, rilievo, sculptural relief, stand-in, substitute, succor, succour

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): aid, change, comfort, damages, decrease, liberation, pause, peer, sculpture, social welfare

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acceleration, accommodation, actual damages, amortization, associate, atonement, avulsion, birth, blackout, boost, break, bronze, bust, caesura, carving, clearing, comfort, consolation, contemporary, contraction, convenience, conversion, coziness, cut, cutback, damage, de-escalation, dead air, death, deceleration, declassification, decrease, deflation, deformation, delay, depletion, depreciation, deregulation, destabilization, devaluation, development, devitalization, discount, dole, easing, emancipation, extenuation, facilitation, gangsta, halftime, hand, increase, jail delivery, lapse, letup, lift, loss of consciousness, lowering, manumission, marble, minimization, mobile, moderation, mold, mutation, nominal damages, parole, probation, punitive damages, recourse, relief, respite, reverse split, revolution, rollback, self-help, separation, service, sex change, shimmer, shortening, shrinking, social insurance, solace, stabile, stand-in, statue, sublimation, subtraction, successor, support, surprise, tax credit, tax shelter, thanks, time-out, townsman, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, unsnarling, vagary, variation, weakening

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): alto relievo, bas relief, breath, breath of fresh air, consolation, decompression, detente, disembarrassment, double, liberalization, locum tenens, mercy, mezzo-relievo, palliation, reprieve, spasmolysis, surrogate

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: alleviate, assuage, ease, emboss, fill in, minister, relieve, rest, stand in, substitute, succor, succour

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: emotional

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): re

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

TOEIC700

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive