To make worse; to exacerbate.
To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
To move (something) slowly and carefully.
To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
To reduce the difficulty of (something).
To proceed with little effort.
To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
To lessen in intensity.
To give respite to (someone).
Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
Ability, the means to do something
Freedom from difficulty.
Skill, dexterity, facility.
Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.