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Ease

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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Broader term 20

Affluence 76% connected

A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.

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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alleviate 76% connected

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Assuage 76% connected

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisf…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comfort 76% connected

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

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Comfortableness 76% connected

State of being comfortable.

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Console 76% connected

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Inactivity 76% connected

The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Naturalness 76% connected

The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

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Palliate 76% connected

Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Relieve 76% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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Richness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

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Solace 76% connected

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

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Soothe 76% connected

To assent to as true.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Dormancy 76% connected

The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

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Laziness 76% connected

The state or quality of being lazy.

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Leisure 76% connected

Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

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Quiescence 76% connected

Alt. of Quiescency

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Quiescency 76% connected

The state or quality of being quiescent.

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Reprieve 76% connected

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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Respite 76% connected

A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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Sleeping 76% connected

of Sleep

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Alleviation 74% connected

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alleviation 74% connected

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Easement 74% connected

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Easement 74% connected

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Easing 74% connected

of Ease

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Easing 74% connected

of Ease

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Stillness 74% connected

The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

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Stillness 74% connected

The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Unbend 74% connected

To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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Unbend 74% connected

To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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Easy 66% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Easy 66% connected

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Synonym 14

Allay 92% connected

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alleviate 92% connected

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Comfort 92% connected

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Easiness 92% connected

The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Facilitate 92% connected

To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Informality 92% connected

The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relaxation 92% connected

The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relief 92% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relieve 92% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repose 92% connected

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rest 92% connected

To arrest.

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Simpleness 92% connected

The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Simplicity 92% connected

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Still 92% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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