Usually means: Aid or assistance during hardship.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word reliefs:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. reliefs: Merriam-Webster
  2. reliefs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. reliefs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Relief's, Reliefs, reliefs: Wordnik
  5. reliefs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. reliefs: Wiktionary
  7. Reliefs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Reliefs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. reliefs: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Reliefs: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Reliefs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. reliefs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Reliefs: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Reliefs: Idioms

(Note: See relief as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (relief)

noun:  The removal of stress or discomfort.
noun:  The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
noun:  Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
noun:  The person who takes over a shift for another.
noun:  Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
noun:  (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
noun:  A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
noun:  A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
noun:  (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
noun:  (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
noun:  (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
noun:  The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
noun:  The difference of elevations on a surface.
noun:  Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
noun:  (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
adjective:  (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
adjective:  Of or used in letterpress.
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