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ease [n]

1)	freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"

Synonyms :

easiness simplicity

2)	a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

Synonyms :

comfort

See Also:

affluence lap_of_luxury

3)	the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

Synonyms :

relief

See Also:

comfort allay reprieve

4)	freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"

Synonyms :

informality

See Also:

naturalness

5)	freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

Synonyms :

relaxation repose rest

See Also:

inactivity decompress recline rest bed_rest lie-in dormancy leisure

ease [v]

1)	move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

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go ease_up

2)	lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

Synonyms :

comfort

3)	make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

Synonyms :

alleviate facilitate

See Also:

aid easing facilitation facilitation facilitator

4)	lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

Synonyms :

allay relieve still

See Also:

comfort alleviation allayer hush abreact

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

General purpose parallel programming language, combining the process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures of Linda. "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the Language", S.E. Zenith, zenith-steven@yale.edu Yale U TR-809, Jul 1990.

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