To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
To urinate or defecate.
To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
To accuse.
To make excessive demands on.
To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
A burdensome demand.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.