facilitation

[ fuh-sil-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of facilitating.
2. Physiology. the lowering of resistance in a neural pathway to an impulse, resulting from previous or simultaneous stimulation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of facilitation¹

First recorded in 1610–20; facilitate + -ion

Example Sentences

The charges include abandonment of a person followed by death, and supply and facilitation of narcotics.

From Los Angeles Times

Charges included abandonment of a person followed by death, and supply and facilitation of narcotics, per a Nov. 7 statement from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office of Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times

Charges included abandonment of a person followed by death, and supply and facilitation of narcotics.

From Los Angeles Times

Argentinian prosecutors said one person who accompanied the artist has been charged with the abandonment of a person followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs.

From BBC

While police raids do happen, the facilitation of people-smuggling is not technically illegal in Germany if it is to a third country outside of the EU, which the UK now is after Brexit.

From BBC

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