Tools: Learn New Words | Secure Password Generator | Startup Tools | PDF Generator

Easement (Noun)

Meaning 1

(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).

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The farmer's property included an easement allowing the neighbor to cross his land with cattle to reach the nearby pasture.
  • The city purchased an easement from the homeowner to build a new sewer line through her backyard.
  • The deed to the property included an easement that gave the adjacent landowner the right to access the shared driveway.
  • A dispute arose between the two property owners over the easement that allowed one of them to install a telephone pole on the other's land.
  • The developer had to acquire an easement from the government to build a road through the park to reach the new subdivision.

Hypernyms

  • Perquisite
  • Privilege
  • Exclusive Right

Meaning 2

The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Relief
  • Easing
  • Alleviation

Hypernyms

  • Decrease
  • Step-down
  • Reduction

Hyponyms

  • Relaxation
  • Detente
  • Spasmolysis
  • Palliation
  • Liberalization
  • Decompression

Related Words

  • Ease (verb)
  Copyright © 2024 Socielo Tech. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of use