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comic relief

com·ic re·lief


noun 
Definition:
 
1. literature theater funny section inserted in serious work: relief from tension, or a further heightening of tension by contrast, provided by a comic scene or passage inserted into a serious work

2. literature theater characters providing comic intervals: a character or set of characters whose function is to provide intervals of comedy in a serious work

3. funny incident within serious situation: occasion for laughter in the midst of a tense or serious situation

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