disencumbered 1 of 2

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

2 of 2

verb

past tense of disencumber

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disencumbered
Adjective
  • Charania also reported that the Nuggets are signing guard Bruce Brown in free agency.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • This isn’t a free pass to every office space owner.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Surely, Johnson had to be relieved to be traded by the lowly Carolina Panthers to a team that is a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • They are also relieved that the war, for now, has ended.
    Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Her actions and leadership inspired even in the immediate aftermath of the raid, when 150 of the liberated men enlisted in the Second South Carolina Volunteers, committing to continuing the fight against slavery and the Confederacy.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • This was followed by a ground operation, which lasted for five days, concluding on Feb. 28, with Kuwait liberated and Iraqi forces expelled.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • But she’s also been freed in a way.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Disencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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