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noun
A room used to ease one's bowels: a lavatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, obsolete
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History
From the former euphemism do one's ease (“ease one's bowels: defecate”) and to distinguish the sense from other uses of closet (“a small, private room and [obs.] a small, private outdoor space”).
