fəˈsiləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English facilite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French facilité, from Latin facilitat-, facilitas, from facilis easy + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at facile
1. : the quality of being easily performed : freedom from difficulty : ease
2. : ease in performance : readiness proceeding from skill or use : dexterity
practice gives a wonderful facility
3.
a. : easiness to be persuaded : readiness , compliance , pliancy
b. Scots law : mental weakness, compliancy, or responsiveness to undue influence sufficient to justify curatorship or guardianship
4. archaic : easiness in manner : affability , graciousness
5.
a. : something that promotes the ease of any action, operation, transaction, or course of conduct — usually used in plural
excellent facilities for graduate study
b. : something (as a hospital, machinery, plumbing) that is built, constructed, installed, or established to perform some particular function or to serve or facilitate some particular end