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disembarrass

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disembarrass

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

  • still struggling to disembarrass herself of the emotional baggage of a failed relationship
Synonyms of disembarrass

clear, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, liberate, release, untangle
Words Related to disembarrass

deliver, redeem, rescue, save

disburden, disencumber, unburden

unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine
Phrases Synonymous with disembarrass

cut loose
Near Antonyms of disembarrass

block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct

burden, encumber, load, weigh
Antonyms of disembarrass

embroil, entangle

Synonym Discussion of disembarrass

extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation.
    • extricated himself from financial difficulties
disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things.
    • disentangling fact from fiction
    • untangle a web of deceit
disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down.
    • an article disencumbered of jargon
disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders.
    • disembarrassed herself of her advisers

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