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The answer RELIEF has 272 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of relief in various dictionaries:
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
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Load off the mind |
| Assistance |
| Letup |
| Vividness |
| Analgesic's promise |
| Rolaids promise |
| Eased state |
| Freedom from pain |
| Change of pace |
| Kind of pitcher |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Feb 3 1998 New York Times |
| Aug 29 1997 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| If you need a map that shows elevations, you can "breathe a sigh of" this when you get one |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lima Cathedral in Lima, Peru.) Here in Lima Cathedral, this ornate panel depicting the nativity scene is carved in this manner, where the sculpture projects from the background but doesn't stand freely |
| A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring |
| Donatello used a relatively flat type of this technique, where figures project from the background |
| Any sculpture that projects from a background is called this; "bas" and "haut" can come before it |
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| the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
| a change for the better |
| the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) |
| the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged |
| aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped |
| assistance in time of difficulty |
| (law) redress awarded by a court |
| the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background |
| a method of raising shapes above a flat surface so that they appear to stand out slightly from it: |
| Relief description |
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| Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. What is actually performed when a relief is cut in from a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving) is a lowering of the field, leaving the unsculpted parts seemingly raised. The technique involves considerable chiselling away of the background, which is a time-consuming exercise. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, especially in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be just added to or raised up from the background, |