lucky_charm, I agree with you. "Reliever" actually has different acceptable definitions according to Merriam Webster. It's actually up to the person reading the sentence as to which definition has priority in his vocabulary. The dictionary puts the nasty definition last. To each is own's interpretation; it just says something about how you think...
1 a: to free from a burden : give aid or help to b: to set free from an obligation, condition, or restriction c: to ease of a burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition2 a: to bring about the removal or alleviation of :mitigate <helps relieve stress> b:rob, deprive <relieved us of our belongings>3 a: to release from a post, station, or duty b: to take the place of <will relieve the starting pitcher>4: to remove or lessen the monotony of <a park relieves the urban landscape>5 a: to set off by contrast b: to raise in relief6: to discharge the bladder or bowels of (oneself)
lucky_charm, I agree with you. "Reliever" actually has different acceptable definitions according to Merriam Webster. It's actually up to the person reading the sentence as to which definition has priority in his vocabulary. The dictionary puts the nasty definition last. To each is own's interpretation; it just says something about how you think...
1 a: to free from a burden : give aid or help to b: to set free from an obligation, condition, or restriction c: to ease of a burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition2 a: to bring about the removal or alleviation of : mitigate <helps relieve stress> b: rob, deprive <relieved us of our belongings>3 a: to release from a post, station, or duty b: to take the place of <will relieve the starting pitcher>4: to remove or lessen the monotony of <a park relieves the urban landscape>5 a: to set off by contrast b: to raise in relief6: to discharge the bladder or bowels of (oneself)
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relieves