Synonyms of disburden

disburden

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn 

1

as in to unload

to empty or rid of cargo

disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unload
• unburden
• discharge
• disencumber
• evacuate
• unlade
• unpack
• relieve
• off-load
• lighten
• free
• empty
• vacate
• void
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• load
• pack
• fill
• charge
• heap
• cram
• stuff
• jam
• jam-pack

2

as in to relieve

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relieve
• rid
• free
• unburden
• clear
• disencumber
• divest
• liberate
• emancipate
• enfranchise
• rescue
• loosen
• unfetter
• discharge
• manumit
• redeem
• loose
• release
• unchain
• uncage
• extricate
• unbind
• spring
• bail (out)
• disengage
• disentangle
• deliver

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burden
• encumber
• saddle
• restrain
• subject
• hamper
• weight (down)
• bog (down)
• fetter
• shackle
• weigh down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disburden

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