easement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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)
  2. noun the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    easing; relief; alleviation.
    • he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain

WordNet


Ease"ment noun
Etymology
OF. aisement. See Ease, n.
Definitions
  1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.
    In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.
  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.
  3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Webster 1913