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ease

noun
  1. Freedom, especially from pain: alleviation, assuagement, mitigation, palliation, relief. See increase
  2. Freedom from constraint, formality, embarrassment, or awkwardness: casualness, easiness, informality, naturalness, poise, spontaneity, unceremoniousness, unrestraint. See restraint, tighten
  3. Freedom from labor, responsibility, or strain: leisure, relaxation, repose, rest 1. See continue
  4. The ability to perform without apparent effort: easiness, effortlessness, facileness, facility, readiness. See easy
  5. Steady good fortune or financial security: comfort, prosperity, prosperousness. Informal: easy street. Idioms: comfortable (or easy) circumstances, the good life. See rich, thrive
verb
  1. To make less severe or more bearable: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, lessen, lighten 2, mitigate, palliate, relieve. See increase
  2. To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity: let up, loose, loosen, relax, slack, slacken, untighten. See tighten
  3. To become or cause to become less active or intense. Off or up: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase
  4. To make less difficult: expedite, facilitate. Idioms: clear (or prepare) the way for, grease the wheels, open the door for (or to). See easy
  5. To maneuver gently and slowly into place: glide, slide, slip. See careful, easy
  6. To advance carefully and gradually: edge, sidle. See careful, move
phrasal verb

ease off
To moderate or change a position or course of action as a result of pressure: relent, slacken, soften, weaken, yield. Idiom: give way (or ground). See strong
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