disburden

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ burden

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈbɜː(ɹ)dən/

Verb

disburden (third-person singular simple present disburdens, present participle disburdening, simple past and past participle disburdened)

  1. (transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
    to disburden a pack animal
  2. (transitive) To free from a source of mental trouble.
    • 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume I, Book I, Chapter XVII, page 295:
      Romola's heart swelled again, so that she was forced to break off. But the need she felt to disburden her mind to Tito urged her to repress the rising anguish.
    • 1677, Owen Feltham, Of Improving by Good Examples:
      He did it to disburden a conscience.
    • 1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion:
      My meditations […] will, I hope, be more […] calm, being thus disburdened.

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