soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

comfort, ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

discharge, free - free from obligations or duties

derestrict - make free from restrictions

deregulate - lift the regulations on

dispense - grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

forgive - absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"

spare - save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"

comfort, console, solace, soothe - give moral or emotional strength to

abreact - discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization

rescue, deliver - free from harm or evil

confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially

mitigate - make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"

care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

disembarrass, rid, free - relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"

take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

frank - exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

absolve, justify, free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"