Used attributively before nouns (e.g., relief effort, relief pitcher) to indicate assistance, substitution, or alleviation.
Definitionen
Providing or relating to assistance, substitution, or the alleviation of distress. Relief supplies arrived within hours of the earthquake.
(of a map, model, etc.) showing or produced in raised, three-dimensional form The cartographer created a relief map of the island to illustrate its topography.