Relieve and Support

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Relieve verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

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Support is a synonym for relieve in help topic. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Relieve", when it comes to topics like aid.

Nearby Words: relief, relieving

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Relieve is a synonym for support in help topic. Sometimes you can use "Relieve" instead a verb "Support".

The revenues from the patrimonies were employed, not only for administrative purposes, for the maintenance and construction of church edifices, for the equipment of convents, for the household of the pope, and the support of the clergy, but also to a great extent to relieve public and private want.

Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States

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