DISENCUMBERED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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Adjective

The backstory In a city packed with hotel chains that often feel too buttoned-up, this 83-room boutique property stands out for its free and creative spirit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The 4-in-1 Adjustable Car Charger features USB-C and USB-A ports plus 36-inch retractable USB-C and Lightning cables for convenient, clutter-free charging.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026
No one exhaled until the cargo was unloaded, unswaddled, and confirmed to be in one piece.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but in the end, the skies cleared enough to allow for a safe liftoff.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Castro, who is running for a second term, has denied any wrongdoing in that matter and believes she will eventually be cleared.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleared

Adjective

The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

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