(archaic, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate.

simple past tense and past participle of ease up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ease up

(transitive, intransitive) to reduce pressure; to become less serious

A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church. / A privy; a toilet.

(Britain, idiomatic, slang, obsolete) The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

plural of little-ease

plural of church of ease

Synonym of chapel of ease

A feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness.