DISBURDEN Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

disburden

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn

Definition of disburden next

as in to unload

to empty or rid of cargo disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

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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

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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

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Now that games are almost here, and FIFA has already made the bulk of its group stage money, the organization must figure out how to unload the rest of its unsold inventory so as to limit the number of empty seats.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
Teenagers run wild with guns and don't think twice to unload their weapons.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026