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rid
Synonyms and Antonyms of rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers worked two jobs to rid himself of debt Synonyms clear, disburden, disencumber, divest, free, relieve, unburden Related Words discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter; bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue; disengage, disentangle, extricate Near Antonyms bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down) Antonyms burden, encumber, saddle
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