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Outsourcing will have relieved the justice secretary of responsibility for such "operational matters".

From The Guardian • May 29, 2013

After she has left him, he will breathe more freely, will enjoy better health, and will pardon the ravisher, who will have relieved his life of the ferment of hatred which torments him.

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian

Indeed you will have relieved me of a serious anxiety.

From Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley

The fall of Mooltan will have relieved the Governor-General's mind from much of the anxiety caused by the inartistic management of the Commander-in-Chief.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

The receipt of this letter will have relieved all her friends from a weight of anxiety. 

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King