relieve
Definitions of relieve
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sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding backgroundtypes:alto relieve, altrorrelievea sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depthbajo relieve, bajo-relieve, bajorrelievea sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercutmedio relievea sculptural relief between low relief and high relieftype of:esculturaa three-dimensional work of plastic art
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the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimedsynonyms: celebridad, fama, gloria, nombradía, notoriedad, renombre
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