disencumbrance

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ encumbrance

Noun

disencumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural disencumbrances)

1. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.

   Synonym: disencumberment

   • 1712 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, January 2, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 264; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     they would soon find out that there are many who make a figure below what their fortune or merit entitles them to , out of mere choice , and an elegant desire of ease and disencumbrance

     The spelling has been modernized.