A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

relieve someone from something • relieve someone
of something
relieve someone from something —
1
. free a person from smth.
which causes problems or afflicts him: More help in the office
would relieve me from some of this responsibility. 2. dismiss
smb. from a usually responsible position: The captain was
relieved from his post when his guilt was proved.
relieve someone of something —
1
. take from a person smth.
heavy to carry: Let me relieve you of that heavy parcel. 2. =
relieve someone from something 
1
: You will not be relieved of
the care of your children for twenty years. 3. = relieve someone
from something 2: General Qaalib was ordered to harass oppo-
sition leaders and was relieved of his position when he refused
such orders . 4. (euph.) deprive a person of smth. by stealing
it: It did not take the thieves long to relieve the passengers of
all their money.
remand center • remand home
remand center —
1
. (UK) an institution to which the court
may commit offenders of any age (formerly between the ages
of 
1
4 and 2
1
) for temporary detention: A Southampton school-
boy was remanded in custody for seven days to Winchester
remand center after the Magistrates decided he was “unruly.”
2. (Canada) an institution to which the court may commit
adult offenders for temporary detention: The Calgary remand
center — the first in Alberta — is open for business. The center
will house men held in custody between court appearances
pending their trials.
remand home —(UK) an institution to which juvenile
offenders may be committed by the court for temporary deten-
tion: Children from 8 to 
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6 are sent to remand homes for peri-
ods up to one month.