disburden

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ burden

Verb

disburden (third-person singular simple present disburdens, present participle disburdening, simple past and past participle disburdened)

1. (transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.

   to disburden a pack animal

2. (transitive) To free from a source of mental trouble.
   • Feltham

     He did it to disburden a conscience.

   • Hammond

     My meditations […] will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened.

Anagrams

• underbids