disencumbered 1 of 2

adjective

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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disencumbered

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verb

past tense of disencumber
1
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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2
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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  1. free
  2. unloaded
  3. relieved
  4. freed
  5. cleared
  6. liberated
Adjective
  • Identifying helpful relievers from the lower rings of free agency, through the farm system or on the waiver wire, is not easy.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Basic groceries like milk, cheese, eggs, and pancake mix are also available, though guests are equally free to bring their own supplies to cook in their rooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of free
Verb
  • Two batters later, Seiya Suzuki unloaded a three-run home run to left field that was the difference.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Once unloaded, that flour went on pallets and was stored in the warehouse and then loaded on ships to be sent overseas.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of unloaded
Verb
  • Alex Vesia relieved Diaz, but Chourio scored on a bouncing single by Bauers, a Huntington Beach native.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After years of no progress and no communication, Crenshaw locals are relieved that the city is paying attention.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of relieved
Adjective
  • The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • But with Paramount having cleared the deal in regulators around the world, the urgency to resolve the lawsuit only grows stronger by the day, and in its statement Friday, the company continued to ramp up public pressure to get the AGs to the table.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The bill cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on a 5-1 vote, and next heads to the Senate floor.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Patrons unwilling to feel quite so liberated can leave their bathrobes on all evening long, Hart says.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
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“Disencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbered. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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