Easement: alternatives and connections

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation…

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Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law…

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An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and heredita…

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A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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The act of liberalizing.

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The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

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

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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.

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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.

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Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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

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of Ease

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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…

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