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easement
 
Noun easement has 2 senses
  1. easement - (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)
    --1 is a kind of     prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
    --1 has particulars: public easement; right of way
  2. easing, easement, alleviation, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
    --2 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
    --2 has particulars:
     spasmolysis; detente; palliation; liberalization, liberalisation, relaxation
    Derived forms: verb ease4, verb ease2
ease ease back ease off ease up eased easel easele easels easement easening eashsist easier easiest easiet easil easile easily-

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