English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
RELIEVE or RELIVE?
Getting busy can ~relive~ worry and sorrow (nonstandard).
Getting busy can *relieve* worry and sorrow (standard).
If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely.
There is no point in ~relieving~ the past (nonstandard).
There is no point in *reliving* the past (standard).
If you relive something that has happened to you in the past, you remember it and imagine that you are experiencing it again.
GAB
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