Ease

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1. Noun

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

2. Noun

Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

3. Noun

Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

4. Noun

Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

5. Noun

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

6. Noun

To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

7. Noun

To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

8. Noun

To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

9. Noun

freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

10. Verb

make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

11. Noun

freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

12. Noun

the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

13. Noun

a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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