disburden

verb

dis·bur·den (ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn

disburdened; disburdening; disburdens

Synonyms of disburden next

transitive verb

: to rid of a burden

disburden a pack animal

: unburden

disburden your conscience

: unload

disburdened their merchandise in the town square

intransitive verb

: discharge

the vessels disburdened at the dock

disburdenment

(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn-mənt

noun

Examples of disburden in a Sentence

disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours

Recent Examples on the Web Nelson sometimes counsels musicians to feel, not count — to disburden themselves of metronomic ideas about tempo and go with the flow. —

Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 This is again a reform that would very much disburden the poor, the crime being so closely linked to their particular distress. —

Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022

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