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(noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" |
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Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest |
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Related Words: dormancy, inactivity, leisure, lie-in, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping |
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(verb) move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort: "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" |
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Synonyms: easiness, simplicity |
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Related Words: effortlessness, quality |
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Antonyms: difficulty |
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(noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" |
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Synonyms: informality |
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Related Words: naturalness |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: comfort |
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Related Words: affluence, richness |
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(verb) ease physically |
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Synonyms: comfort |
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Related Words: alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing youor knowledge" |
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Synonyms: alleviate, facilitate |
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Related Words: aid, assist, help |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: relief |
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Related Words: comfort, comfortableness, reprieve, respite |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of; calm; as of of anxieties and fears |
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Synonyms: allay, relieve, still |
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Related Words: abreact, comfort, console, solace, soothe |
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