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noun

Easement n.

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

(Law) 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.

(Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

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Etymology of 'Easement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Easement" Quotes from Famous Books

... they had flamed and blazed and glowed? Answer: memories, memories only, of things which had ceased to be, like memories of matings accomplished, of feasts forgotten, of desires that were the ghosts of desires, flaring, flaming, burning, yet unrealized in achievement of easement and satisfaction. Where was the appetite of yesterday? the roasted flesh of the wild pig the hunter's arrow failed to slay? the maid, unwed and dead ere the young man ...

— The Red One • Jack London

... was another's; nay, even claimed he was the son of Mary Magdalene, and that his head was made of Spanish glass; and, sooth to say, he suffered none to touch it, lest by mischance some heedless hand might shiver it? Give thy misgivings easement, good my lord. This is the very prince—I know him well—and soon will be thy king; it may advantage thee to bear this in mind, and more dwell upon it ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... solicitude that they threw their joint energies into making supper inviting, so that the colonel might at least get a shred of easement out of a pleasant meal. Mary Nellen, who amicably divided themselves between the task of cooking and serving, forwarded their desires, making faces all the time at unfamiliar sauce-pans, and quite plainly ...

— The Prisoner • Alice Brown

... the rights, privileges, and opportunities (as an easement additionally appurtenant to the meal above nominated) to partake, eat, enjoy, and be nourished upon said victuals, and to call for extra pats, ...

— Pipefuls • Christopher Morley

Words linked to "Easement" : liberalization, step-down, public easement, diminution, exclusive right, relaxation, decompressing, perquisite, palliation, decompression, ease, prerogative, jurisprudence, decrease, law, privilege, relief, alleviation, liberalisation, reduction, right of way