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The word relief has two unrelated meanings.

[edit] Departure from a flat surface

A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modeled form projects from a flat background.

In related uses, relief may also refer to:

• Relief carving, the technique used in creating a wood relief
• Relief print, a group of techniques in printmaking
• Terrain, the third or vertical dimension of land surface
• Raised-relief map, a three-dimensional map representing elevation
• Shaded relief, a cartographic technique that portrays terrain by using simulated shadows
• Relief mapping (computer graphics), a texture mapping technique
• Optical relief, the apparent difference in the height of materials in optical mineralogy with differing refractive indexes

[edit] Ease or deliverance from distress or constraints

In uses related to the sense of ease or deliverance from distress or constraints, relief may also refer to:

• Humanitarian aid, material assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, usually during crises
• Relief agency, or aid agency, an organisation dedicated to distributing aid
• Relief pitcher, a baseball pitcher who is brought into a game in progress
• Relief Society, a philanthropic women's organization, an auxiliary of the LDS Church
• Relief valve, a type of valve used to control or limit pressure
• Debt relief, the partial or total forgiveness of debt
• Relief, Kentucky, a town in the United States
• USS Relief, any of several U.S. Navy ships
• Relief (music), the curvature of the neck of a guitar or similar instrument allowing the strings to vibrate freely

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