unburden

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Come, freely come, by sin oppressed, Unburden here thy weighty load; Here find thy refuge and thy rest, And trust the mercy of thy God.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

Time mocks me with fair promises; A blooming future grows a barren past, Like rain my fair full-blossomed trees Unburden in the blast.

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean

"Unburden yourself just as you would to your own mother on this last night of your single life."

From His Heart's Queen by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

"Unburden yourself, Pierre, for heaven's sake!" he said.

From Thelma by Corelli, Marie

Unburden, un-bur′dn, v.t. to take a burden off: to free the mind from any weight or anxiety: to disclose—also Unbur′then.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various