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reliefs
noun(re-lief)
a payment made by a male feudal tenant to his lord on succeeding to an inherited estate
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
removal or lightening of something oppressive, painful, or distressing
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
welfare
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
sculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut; also : sculpture executed in bas-relief
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
a relief from the emotional tension especially of a drama that is provided by the interposition of a comic episode or element
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
sculptural relief in which at least half of the circumference of the modeled form projects
reliefs
noun(re-lief)
bas-relief

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