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ease

Entry Word:: ease
Function:: noun

Text: 1 reduction of or freedom from pain <the sunburn medication brought me instant ease> Synonymsalleviation, comfort, relief Related Wordsappeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, moderation, mollification; calming, salving, soothing Near Antonymsdiscomfort, unrest; agony, anguish, pain 2 carefree freedom from constraint <a gymnast who can handle even the most demanding moves on the parallel bars with total ease> — see abandon 3 freedom from activity or labor <the dream of every lottery player is a life of fabulous luxury and everlasting ease> — see ¹¹rest 1

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