disburden

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"When we have dined and had our coffee, you shall make your own confession; and that only if you like it, and wish to disburden your conscience."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

And he shall proceed by fitting diet and suitable medicines to resist them, as well as by purgations to disburden the body of them.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

Forgive me, my friend, forgive me, Mr. Suds, if I have already said too much, and bear with me still, while I yet disburden my heart of more.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Huth, Alexander

"Nay, daughter, thou art troubled; the quick flush—the startled eye—the timid aspect—thou dost need to disburden thy heart!"

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

The profusion of small attractive devices which automatically perform the economic household labor and disburden the human workers must not hide the fact that the chief activities are still little adjusted to the psychophysical conditions.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo