Usually means: Humor to lighten serious moments.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. comic relief: Merriam-Webster
  2. comic relief: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. comic relief: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. comic relief: Collins English Dictionary
  5. comic-relief: Wordnik
  6. comic relief: Wiktionary
  7. comic relief: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. comic relief: Dictionary.com
  9. Comic Relief (charity), Comic Relief (disambiguation), Comic Relief, Comic relief: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. comic relief: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. comic relief: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. comic relief: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (comic relief)

noun:  (narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.

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