relieving

Etymology

From relieve + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of relieve

adj

1. That brings relief.
   Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 24

noun

1. (archaic) A change in colour, texture, etc. that relieves monotony.
   Purple flowers are commonly contrasted with centres or variegations of bright yellow, as blue flowers are with like relievings of orange […] 1850, George Field, Rudiments of the Painters' Art, page 68
   The light—divested of its aching brilliancy, lies sweetly upon the floor, checkered as that old man's life, in its quaint, yet charming relievings of shadow. 1855, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volume 5, page 42