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Added 9 October 2026

easement

/ˈiːzm(ə)nt/ noun

In Latin: servitus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about easement at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(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).
The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).
he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain

Origin

From Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”) + -ment (“-ment, suffix forming nouns, usually the action or state resulting from verbs”).

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