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.