Hypertext Webster Gateway: "easement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Easement \Ease"ment\, n. [OF. aisement. See {Ease}, n.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
easement
n 1: (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: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or
annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the
constant pain" [syn: {easing}, {alleviation}, {relief}]
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