ease
noun
[ iːz ]
• absence of difficulty or effort.
• "she gave up smoking with ease"
Similar:
effortlessness,
no difficulty,
no trouble,
no bother,
facility,
facileness,
simplicity,
deftness,
adroitness,
dexterity,
proficiency,
mastery,
ease
verb
• make (something unpleasant or intense) less serious or severe.
• "a huge road-building programme to ease congestion"
Similar:
relieve,
alleviate,
mitigate,
assuage,
allay,
soothe,
soften,
palliate,
ameliorate,
mollify,
moderate,
tone down,
blunt,
dull,
deaden,
numb,
take the edge off,
lessen,
reduce,
lighten,
diminish,
• move carefully or gradually.
• "I eased down the slope with care"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere . The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun.
