elay, n. reinforcement.
release, v. liberate, loose, discharge, free, acquit, extricate,
disengage, relinquish, absolve, remit, relieve, exonerate, disencumber.
release, n. liberation, discharge, deliverance, acquittance,
extrication, exoneration, disengagement, freedom.
relentless, a. ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, inexorable,
unmerciful.
relevancy, n. pertinency, applicability, relevance.
relevant, a. pertinent, germane, apposite.
reliability, n. trustworthiness.
reliable, a. trustworthy, trusty, dependable.
reliance, n. dependence, confidence, trust.
reliant, a. confident, trusting.
relics, n. pl. leavings, remains, reliquiae, remnants; memorial,
souvenir, memento, trophy, keepsake. Associated Words: reliquary,
confession, hierotheca.
relict, n. widow.
relief, n. alleviation, mitigation, comfort, ease, succor,
palliation, assuagement, help; redress, remedy; relay, reinforcement;
prominence, projection.
relieve, v. assuage, alleviate, allay, lessen, remedy, ease,
mitigate, palliate, succor, extricate, disentangle, disburden, redress,
disengage.
relieving, a. mitigative, assuasive, palliative, remedial, emollient,
lenitive, comforting.
religious, a. pious, godly, devout, righteous, devotional; strict,
exact, scrupulous, conscientious.
relinquish, v. surrender, waive, forego, renounce, cede, abandon,
desert.
relinquishment, n. surrender, abandonment, renunciation.
relishable, a. palatable, gustable.
reluctance, n. unwillingness, disinclination, aversion.
reluctant, a. disinclined, unwilling, averse, loath, indisposed.
remain, v. See stay.
remainder, n. residue, remnant, balance, rest, surplus, surplusage,
residuum.
remaining, a. residual, remanent, remainder.
remains, n. pl. relics, debris, remnants; corpse.
remand, v. recommit, send back.--n. recommitment.
remark, v. notice, observe, heed, see, note; say, state, assert.
remark, n. comment, observation.
remarkable, a. noteworthy, striking, extraordinary, wonderful,
notable.
remediless, a. irremediable, incurable, desperate, irreparable,
insanable.
remedy, v. heal, cure, repair, relieve, redress, alleviate, assuage,
palliate.
remedy, n. medicine, cure, antidote, corrective, specific,
restorative, panacea, alterant, carminative, medicament, arcanum,
prescription, nostrum, elixir, balm; reparation, cure, redress, aid,
relief.
remember, v. recollect, recall.
remembrance, n. recollection, me
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