disembarrassment

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The money he was making enabled him to assist his wife in disembarrassing her estate.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George

Iduna clung to her father; Iskander stood with his eyes fixed upon the ground, but Hunniades, stern and terrible, disembarrassing himself of the grasp of his daughter, advanced and laid his hand upon the stranger.

From The Rise of Iskander by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I set up my candle in a little crevice of one of the empty niches, and laid the pearl and diamond pendant beside it, thus disembarrassing myself of all incumbrance.

From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie

Then by degrees, as the defeated side succeeds in disembarrassing itself of its pursuers, things revert to normal conditions again.

From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney

Let us begin, then, by clearly disembarrassing our minds of any lingering belief in the existence of thunderbolts.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant