Meaning of DISBURDEN
| Pronunciation: | | dis'burdn
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| | Definition: | | [v] take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" |
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| | Synonyms: | | unburden |
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| | Antonyms: | | burden, burthen, weight, weight down | | |
| | See Also: | | remove, take, take away, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*bur"den\, v. t. [See {Burden}, v. t.] [Cf.
{Disburthen}.]
To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from
something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
He did it to disburden a conscience. --Feltham.
My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being
thus disburdened. --Hammond.
Syn: To unload; unburden; discharge; free.
\Dis*bur"den\, v. i.
To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
--Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | abridge, alleviate, be light, bereave, bleed, break bulk, clear, curtail, cut off, deprive, deprive of, discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disentitle, disinvolve, divest, drain, dump, ease, ease one of, extricate, free, free up, have little weight, kick the beam, liberate, lighten, lighten one of, make light, make lighter, milk, mine, off-load, reduce weight, relieve, set at ease, take away from, take from, tap, unballast, unburden, unclutter, unfreight, unlade, unload, unpack, unscramble, unship, unsnarl, weigh lightly |
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