He had earlier asked several times to be relieved of office for health reasons.

I should have been relieved of this job hours ago!

But not before they had been relieved of their weapons.

We will have to relieve you of heavy work, too.

However, I should like to be relieved of the active management.

Or maybe he just wanted to be relieved, finally, of responsibility for her.

"You had better go there and relieve her of the job."

In such a situation he also would ask to be relieved of his command.

For some reason he asked to be relieved of his command.

"One that will most certainly relieve me of a great responsibility."