Relieving

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹɪˈliːvɪŋ/

Origin

From relieve + -ing.

Verb

1. Present participle of relieve

Full definition of relieving

Adjective

1. That brings relief. from 16th c.
• 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 24:Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.

Anagrams

• inveigler