relieved

relieved
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Eased in mind]
Syn. comforted, solaced, consoled, reassured, satisfied, allayed, soothed, relaxed, put at ease, restored, reconciled, appeased, placated, alleviated, mollified, disarmed, pacified, adjusted, propitiated, breathing easy*; see also comfortable 1 .
Ant. sad*, worried, distraught.
2. [Deprived of something, or freed from it]
Syn. replaced, released, removed, dismissed, separated from, disengaged, made free of, freed, rescued, delivered, supplanted, superseded, succeeded, substituted, interchanged, exchanged; see also discharged 1 .
3. [Lessened; said especially of pain ]
Syn. mitigated, palliated, softened, assuaged, eased, abated, diminished, allayed, salved, soothed, lightened, alleviated, drugged, anesthetized.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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