Eased

//iːzd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of ease form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.

    "I got grace to cast all my burdens over upon him, and my heart lightened: and my soul was more eased and pleased, than if I had been a crowned emperor of all the kingdoms of the world ."

  2. 2
    Soothed or mitigated.

    "But in the worst paroxysms it was most eased by the patient's taking a sitting posture, at the same time that the body was bowed forwards ."

  3. 3
    Less extreme or stringent.

    "What H.R. 2582 suggests is that the claimant would have two bites at the apple: First, the economic portion of his loss in an administrative proceeding, very eased evidentiary requirements; and then a second bit through a tort claim."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear wordnet

Synonyms

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alleviatedalleviatedrelieved

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"We set out when the rain had eased."

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