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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

load, pack

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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