| NOUN | attribute | 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) |
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| act | easement, easing, alleviation, relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
| Sounds | iy'zmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | (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). | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | public easement | Any easement enjoyed / enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets) |
| right of way | The privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else | |
| Broader | prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right | A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| Spanish | servidumbre | |
| Catalan | servitud | |
| Meaning | The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance). | |
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| Synonyms | easing, alleviation, relief | |
| Narrower | decompression, decompressing | relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) |
| detente | The easing of tensions or strained relations / relations (especially between nations) | |
| liberalization, liberalisation, relaxation | The act of making less strict / strict | |
| palliation | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause | |
| spasmolysis | The relaxation or relief of muscle spasms | |
| Broader | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Spanish | alivio, aplacamiento, atenuación, mitigación | |
| Catalan | alleugeriment, alleujament, atenuació, mitigació | |
| Verbs | ease | lessen pain or discomfort |
| ease | lessen the intensity of or calm | |
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