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relieve sb of sth phrasal verb ( END JOB )
phrasal verb
Definition
[usually passive] formal to remove someone from their job or position because they have done something wrong
Following the scandal, he was relieved of his post as deputy finance minister.
The committee's chairperson is to be relieved of her duties.
The general was relieved of his command in 1941.
(Definition of relieve sb of sth (END JOB) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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