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1. Move gently or carefully
   "He eased himself into the chair"
    
2. Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
   "ease the pain in your legs";
   - comfort
    
3. Make easier
   "you could ease the process by sharing your knowledge";
   - facilitate, alleviate, grease [informal]
    
4. Lessen the intensity of or calm
   "The news eased my conscience";
   - still, allay, relieve

1. Freedom from difficulty, hardship or effort
   "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation";
   - easiness, simplicity, simpleness
    
2. A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
   "a life of luxury and ease";
   - comfort
    
3. The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
   "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease";
   - relief
    
4. Freedom from constraint or embarrassment
   "I am never at ease with strangers";
   - informality
    
5. Freedom from activity (work, strain or responsibility)
   - rest, repose, relaxation

Derived forms: easing, eases, eased

See also: easy, give

Type of: affluence, aid, alleviate, assist, assuage, comfort, comfortableness, console, go, help, inactivity, locomote, move, naturalness, palliate, quality, relieve, richness, solace, soothe, travel

Encyclopedia: Ease