facility

Etymology

From Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. Doublet of faculty. Also see facile.

noun

1. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
2. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
   The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
3. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
   Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
   As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
4. An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
5. (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
6. (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
7. (Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
8. (dated) Affability.