Relief and Setting

Relief

Relief noun - A feeling of ease from grief or trouble.

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Setting and relief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Relief".

Nearby Words: relieve, relieving

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Relief and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Relief" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good relief	good setting
usual	usual relief	usual setting
actual	actual relief	actual setting
main	main relief	main setting
Other adjectives: unusual, official, primary.

They're considered the comic relief, and that should tell you everything else you need to know about the setting.

Source: Scary Dogmatic Aliens
Fortunately their lack of motivation doesn't prevent them having personality, often functioning as the comic relief of the setting.

Source: Generic Doomsday Villain
Deconstruction: Several audio logs take apart the Orks, who have long been the setting's comic relief, by throwing into stark relief just how horrifying a Blood Knight race whose only concern is fighting and killing really is.

Source: Video Game / Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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