relieve reliever, big-league

Red Sox sign reliever Atchison out of Japan
ESPN
A onetime big leaguer who pitched the last two seasons for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan, Atchison will be paid $420000 in 2010, just over the big-league ...



Red Sox sign Japanese reliever Saito from Dodgers
Reuters - USA
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox have signed Japanese reliever Takashi Saito from the Los Angeles Dodgers on a one-year deal. The 38-year-old had been ...


On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.

re・lieve

━━ vt. 救済［救出］する; （苦痛・心配などを）除去［軽減］する, 楽にする ((of, from)); 安心させる; 交代する, 休ませる; 〔婉曲〕 解職［任］する ((of, from)); 〔話〕 盗む ((of)); （敵を）追払う; 単調さを破る, 変化を与える; 浮き上がらせる, 目立たせる, 対照させる.
be relieved (to hear)　（…と聞いて）安心する.
relieve one's feelings　うさを晴らす.
relieve nature [oneself]　〔婉曲〕 排便する.
re・liev・a・ble　━━ a.
re・lieved　━━ a. ほっとした.
re・liev・er　━━ n. 【野】救援投手.