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disencumber

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disencumber

1 to empty or rid of cargo

we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night

Synonyms of disencumber

disburden, discharge, off-load, unburden, unlade, unload, unpack

Words Related to disencumber

free, lighten, relieve

clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void

Near Antonyms of disencumber

charge, cram, fill, heap, jam, jam-pack, stuff

Antonyms of disencumber

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

a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon

Synonyms of disencumber

clear, disburden, divest, free, relieve, rid, unburden

Words Related to disencumber

discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue

disengage, disentangle, extricate

Near Antonyms of disencumber

bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)

Antonyms of disencumber

burden, encumber, saddle

Synonym Discussion of disencumber

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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