Word Meanings - RELIEFLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

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• RELIEFLESS
  Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
• RELIEF
  A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. (more info) 1. The
• RELIEFFUL
  Giving relief.
• DESTITUTENESS
  Destitution. Ash.
• DESTITUTE
  1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
• REMEDILESS
  1. Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." Spenser. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton. 2. Not answering as a
• DESTITUTELY
  In destitution.
• DEMIRELIEF; DEMIRELIEVO
  Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
• PHOTORELIEF
  A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations. Knight.
• BASS-RELIEF
  Some as Bas-relief.
• BAS-RELIEF
  Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.