as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
the paying off of my loan left me feeling delightfully disencumbered
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as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo
we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night
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as in relieved
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disencumbered
Adjective
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026 -
Among those with in five shots of the lead are former Masters champion Patrick Reed, despite having to settle for a 72, and Patrick Cantlay, who opened the Masters with a 77 and became the first player in seven years to play bogey-free two straight days with rounds of 67-66.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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But Stanley said the effort was entirely consistent with Patagonia's results-first philosophy — because Walmart is so huge, convincing it to do something as simple as not idling its delivery trucks while they are unloaded has a significant environmental benefit.—
Tony Biasotti,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Smith unloaded a two-out, three-run, game-winning double into the left-center gap Tuesday, giving the Braves a 6-5 win over the Marlins at Truist Park.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Jade's Aunt Tandra Brus was relieved.—
Betsy Shuller,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Book readers, were you relieved for like five seconds?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The passage of time is cleverly conveyed through a variety of devices, from the sitcoms on Jacki’s TV screen (Cheers gives way to Seinfeld) and the age of the (offstage) dog that Jacki hopes to someday share and raise with a freed Nick.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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Freedom after a year Upon leaving prison, several of the freed cadets described their release as bittersweet, noting that many detainees remain behind bars.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Murakami cleared the center field batter’s eye for his first major-league slam.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Foreign Office, which oversees diplomatic appointments, cleared him anyway.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Disencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbered. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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