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comic relief

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Definition of comic relief

noun

[mass noun]
  • humorous content in a dramatic or literary work intended to offset more serious episodes: between tragic stories are a few songs supplying comic relief
  • a character or characters providing comic relief: the archaeologist, who begins as oafish comic relief, exemplifies her gift for character drawing

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