Ease

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

II. Ease ·noun To Entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

III. Ease ·noun To render less painful or oppressive; to Mitigate; to Alleviate.

IV. Ease ·noun Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

V. Ease ·noun Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

VI. Ease ·noun To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

VII. Ease ·noun Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, ·etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;

— said of manner, style, ·etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

VIII. Ease ·noun To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to;

— often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

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