'Easement' definitions:
Definition of 'easement'
(from WordNet)
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)
noun
The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
Definition of 'Easement'
From: GCIDE
- Easement \Ease"ment\, n. [OF. aisement. See Ease, n.]
- 1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation. [1913 Webster]
- In need of every kind of relief and easement. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. --Kent. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'easement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- absolute interest,
- aid and comfort,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetizing,
- appeasement,
- assuagement,
- assurance,
- benefit,
- claim,
- comfort,
- common,
- condolence,
- consolation,
- contingent interest,
- deadening,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- disburdening,
- disencumberment,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easing,
- encouragement,
- equitable interest,
- equity,
- estate,
- holding,
- interest,
- lessening,
- lightening,
- limitation,
- lulling,
- mitigation,
- mollification,
- numbing,
- palliation,
- part,
- percentage,
- reassurance,
- reduction,
- relief,
- remedy,
- right,
- right of entry,
- salving,
- settlement,
- shred of comfort,
- softening,
- solace,
- solacement,
- soothing,
- stake,
- strict settlement,
- subduement,
- support,
- sympathy,
- title,
- trust,
- unballasting,
- unburdening,
- unfreighting,
- unlading,
- unloading,
- unsaddling,
- untaxing,
- use,
- vested interest