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dis-burden

Main Entry:
disburden [dis-bur-dn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rid
Synonyms: clear, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, dump, empty, free, liberate, lighten, release, relieve, unburden, unchain, unload, unpack
Main Entry: discharge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: unload
Synonyms: carry away, disburden, empty, off-load, remove, remove cargo, send, take away, take off, unburden, unlade, unpack, unship, unstow
Antonyms: load
Main Entry: ease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alleviate, help
Synonyms: abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten
Antonyms: annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen
Main Entry: exonerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
Synonyms: absolve, acquit, disburden, discharge, dismiss, except, exculpate, exempt, free, justify, let off hook, let off, liberate, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, vindicate, whitewash, wipe slate clean
Notes: to exculpate is 'to free from accusation or blame' while exonerate is literally 'to free from a burden'
Antonyms: accuse, blame, charge, condemn, incarcerate, incriminate, sentence
Main Entry: extricate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility
Synonyms: bail out, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save one's neck, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of
Antonyms: entangle, involve
Main Entry: lighten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reduce weight, load
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disburden, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, make less, make lighter, mitigate, mollify, pour out, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, take a load off, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, uplight, upraise
Antonyms: burden, weigh down
Main Entry: rid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do away with; free
Synonyms: abolish, clear, deliver, disabuse, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, dump*, eject, eliminate, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fire, give the brush, heave-ho, junk*, kiss goodbye, liberate, make free, purge, release, relieve, remove, roust, scrap, send packing, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, toss out, unburden, unload, uproot
Antonyms: get
Main Entry: shed
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cast off
Synonyms: afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, jettison, junk, let fall, molt, pour forth, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shower, slip, slough, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield
Antonyms: put on
Main Entry: unburden
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: get rid of
Synonyms: clear, confess, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload
Antonyms: conceal, hide
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