ease

Etymology
From, , , from , from , , of and obscure origin. Apparently related to Provençal, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬 and  🇨🇬. Sometimes ascribed to or, possibly from  or , but more often derived from , from , present participle of , though the forms and senses are difficult to trace clearly.

Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as or  on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬. See also.

The verb is from, ultimately of the same origin.

Noun

 * 1) Ability, the means to do something, particularly:
 * 2) Skill, dexterity, facility.
 * 3) Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:
 * 4) Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes  idleness, sloth.
 * 5) Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes  indifference.
 * 6) Freedom from difficulty.
 * 7) Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
 * 8) Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
 * 9) Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
 * 10) Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:
 * 11) Followed by ' or ': release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
 * 12)  Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
 * 13) Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
 * 14)  Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
 * 15)  A convenience; a luxury.
 * 16)  A relief; an easement.
 * 1) Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:
 * 2) Followed by ' or ': release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
 * 3)  Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
 * 4) Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
 * 5)  Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
 * 6)  A convenience; a luxury.
 * 7)  A relief; an easement.
 * 1)  Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
 * 2)  A convenience; a luxury.
 * 3)  A relief; an easement.
 * 1)  A relief; an easement.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: asanlıq
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: éascaíocht
 * Italian:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: habilitas
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: sástacht
 * Old Irish: sádaile, sádailecht
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician: confort
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: sómas
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: aosáid
 * Plautdietsch: Jemak
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥᾳθυμία
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,


 * German:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
 * 2)  To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
 * 3)  To give respite to (someone).
 * 4)  To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
 * 5)  To reduce the difficulty of (something).
 * 6)  To move (something) slowly and carefully.
 * 7)  To lessen in intensity.
 * 8)  To proceed with little effort.
 * 9)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.
 * 1)  To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
 * 2)  To reduce the difficulty of (something).
 * 3)  To move (something) slowly and carefully.
 * 4)  To lessen in intensity.
 * 5)  To proceed with little effort.
 * 6)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.
 * 1)  To move (something) slowly and carefully.
 * 2)  To lessen in intensity.
 * 3)  To proceed with little effort.
 * 4)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.
 * 1)  To proceed with little effort.
 * 2)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.
 * 1)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.
 * 1)  To take something from (a person), especially by robbery.

Synonyms

 * , lay off
 * , lay off
 * , lay off

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: wwhakangāwari, whakamauru
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakaeaea
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:, , Abstriche machen bei
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: whakangāwari
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: hivuttaa
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Finnish: lieventyä,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: whakangāwari, mauru
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:, sujahtaa
 * German: dahinschleichen
 * Hungarian: