relieve

I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.

This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.

They had thought it obsolete, but, were relieved of this misapprehension by Yule’s friend Major Trotter.

The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair […]

As they traveled along L.R. 33060, one of the passengers mentioned he had to relieve himself, so Barrett stopped the car along the berm of the road, which, unbeknown to the travelers, was directly adjacent to a strip mine.

Nevertheless, to relieve oneself takes the edge off the desire and doesn't take advantage of others.