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unburden

[uhn-bur-dn]

verb (used with object)

  1. to free from a burden.

  2. to relieve (one's mind, conscience, etc.) by revealing or confessing something.

  3. to cast off or get rid of, as a burden or something burdensome; disclose; reveal.

    He unburdened the worries that plagued him.

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unburden

/ ʌˈɜːə /

verb

  1. to remove a load or burden from

  2. to relieve or make free (one's mind, oneself, etc) of a worry, trouble, etc, by revelation or confession

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unburden1

First recorded in 1530–40; un- 2 + burden 1
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“I felt like people needed to get this off their chest. It was almost like they were unburdening themselves.”

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But Chew-Bose’s sublimely fresh take on a familiar tale is unburdened by comparisons.

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The rebirth is necessary, an unburdening and a kind of justice for her and her family.

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And now he has shed a family of gorillas from his back he will be unburdened for future majors.

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While I think the loss of her family is profound, and she will feel it profoundly, I think that she is being unburdened of, essentially, a role that she is not particularly capable of playing.

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