noun
- Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- an easing; relief.
- something that gives ease; a convenience.
- Architecture. a curved joint.
noun
- property law the right enjoyed by a landowner of making limited use of his neighbour’s land, as by crossing it to reach his own property
- the act of easing or something that brings ease
late 14c., “compensation, redress,” from Old French aisement “comfort, convenience; use, enjoyment,” from aisier “to ease,” from aise (see ease). The meaning “legal right or privilege of using something not one’s own” is from early 15c.