easement Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun (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)
noun the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
easing; relief; alleviation.
- he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain

OF. aisement. See Ease, n.

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.
In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.
(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.
(Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.