The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. The act of making easy or easier.
n. The state of being made easy or easier.
n. Physiology The process of lowering the threshold for propagation of the action potential of a neuron, especially by repeated use of a neural pathway or the summation of two or more subthreshold impulses.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of facilitating or making easy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of facilitating or making easy.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. the condition of being made easy (or easier)
n. act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
n. (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
Word Usage
"Ganapathy, the general secretary, the supreme leader of the Maoists made it clear recently that his war against the government would only intensify if it doesn't stop what he calls the facilitation of the plunder of Chhattisgarh."