disburden
verb
dis·bur·den
(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn 
disburdened; disburdening; disburdens
1
a
: to rid of a burden
disburden a pack animal
b
: unburden
disburden your conscience
2
: unload
disburdened their merchandise in the town square
: discharge
the vessels disburdened at the dock
Examples of disburden in a Sentence
disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil
the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours
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Nelson sometimes counsels musicians to feel, not count — to disburden themselves of metronomic ideas about tempo and go with the flow.
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Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
This is again a reform that would very much disburden the poor, the crime being so closely linked to their particular distress.
—Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
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Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
This is again a reform that would very much disburden the poor, the crime being so closely linked to their particular distress.
—Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
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“Disburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disburden. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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