'Disburden' definitions:
Definition of 'disburden'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]
Definition of 'Disburden'
From: GCIDE
- Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disburden'
From: GCIDE
- Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. t. [See Burden, v. t.] [Cf. Disburthen.] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. [1913 Webster]
- He did it to disburden a conscience. --Feltham. [1913 Webster]
- My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. --Hammond.
- Syn: To unload; unburden; discharge; free. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disburden'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- alleviate,
- be light,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- break bulk,
- clear,
- curtail,
- cut off,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- discharge,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disentitle,
- disinvolve,
- divest,
- drain,
- dump,
- ease,
- ease one of,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- lighten one of,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- milk,
- mine,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- set at ease,
- take away from,
- take from,
- tap,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unpack,
- unscramble,
- unship,
- unsnarl,
- weigh lightly