relief, succor, succour, ministration
(noun) assistance in time of difficulty; “the contributions provided some relief for the victims”
succor, succour
(verb) help in a difficult situation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
succour (countable and uncountable, plural succours) (Australian spelling, British spelling, Canadian spelling)
(uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
(uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
(uncountable, obsolete, except, dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
succour (third-person singular simple present succours, present participle succouring, simple past and past participle succoured) (Australian spelling, British spelling, Canadian spelling)
(transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
Synonym: Thesaurus:help
Antonym: Thesaurus:hurt
(transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
(transitive, obsolete, except, dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.
Source: Wiktionary
21 May 2025
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
