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Entry Word:: rid
Function:: verb

Text: to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers<worked two jobs to rid himself of debt>Synonymsclear, disburden, disencumber, free, relieve, unburdenRelated Wordsdischarge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter; bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue; disengage, disentangle, extricateNear Antonymsbog (down), fetter, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh (down), weight (down)Antonymsburden, encumber, saddle

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