Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Easement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
"The homeowner signed an easement agreement allowing his neighbor to cross his yard for easier access to their shared driveway."
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
"he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
The legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).
"The surveyor marked an easement across our backyard so the neighbor could maintain their fence line."