EASEMENT

easing, easement, alleviation, relief

(noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); “he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain”

easement

(noun) (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another’s land as a right of way to your own land)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

easement (countable and uncountable, plural easements)

(law) The legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).

(architecture) An element such as a baseboard, handrail, etc, that is curved instead of abruptly changing direction.

(archaic) Easing, relief.

(archaic, euphemistic) The act of relieving oneself: defecating or urinating.

(model railroading) Transition spiral curve track between a straight or tangent track and a circular curved track of a certain radius or selected radius.

Assistance.

Support.

Gratification.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Ease"ment, n. Etym: [OF. aisement. See Ease, n.]

1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation. In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.

2. (Law)

Definition: A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude. Kent.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition