easement
3 synonyms for easement, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (law) The legal right to use someone else's land for a particular purpose, such as crossing it to reach another place.
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Etymology
Came into English from Anglo-Norman aisement, easement, eisement, esament, esement, and Middle French aisement (“comfort, convenience, ease, facility, opportunity; a benefit, relief; a right to use land, a thing, etc.; a privy”), from aisier (“to put at ease; to facilitate”) plus -ment (“-ment, suffix forming nouns, us...
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