relieve yourself• The corollary is that acquiring an addiction is tantamount to relieving oneself of personal responsibility.• Threlfall turned his back and waited for the man to finish relieving himself.• On average, young puppies may relieve themselves about six times a day.• By releasing it into the world, he relieved himself and taunted the fates to punish him.• After rolling on the sand in excruciating pain until stars lit up the sky, he relieved himself for a good half-hour.• When their overlords came out to relieve themselves in the snow, the serfscollected the urine to drink.• Cocaineusers often feel as though they need the drug to relieve themselves of the tired feeling and to function normally.• MissusHall would relieve herself on old newspapers in the alleyways on Central Avenue.