easement

ease·ment  (zmnt)

n.

1. The act of easing or the condition of being eased.

2. Something that affords ease or comfort.

3. Law A right, such as a right of way, afforded a person to make limited use of another's real property.

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easement

the right one landowner has been granted over the land of another, as the right of access to water, right of way, etc., at no charge.

See also: Land, Law

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	easement - (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) exclusive right, prerogative, privilege, perquisite - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" public easement - any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets) right of way - the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	easement - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" alleviation, easing, relief reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something spasmolysis - the relaxation or relief of muscle spasms detente - the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) palliation - easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause liberalisation, liberalization, relaxation - the act of making less strict decompressing, decompression - relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)