DISBURDEN Definition & Meaning

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disburden

[ dis-bur-dn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to remove a burden from; rid of a burden.
to relieve of anything oppressive or annoying:
Confession disburdened his mind of anxiety.
to get rid of (a burden); discharge.

verb (used without object)

to unload a burden.

disburden

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verb

to remove a load from (a person or animal)
tr to relieve (oneself, one's mind, etc) of a distressing worry or oppressive thought

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Derived Forms

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of disburden¹

First recorded in 1525–35; dis- ¹ + burden ¹

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It suggests a kind of heaven: a place a person might go to achieve universal salvation, to be disburdened of her sins and returned to eternity.

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At one point, Faye thinks that the storytelling impulse itself “might spring from the desire to avoid guilt,” to “disburden ourselves of responsibility.”

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After all this, The Blot was “a conscious attempt to get back to a more straightforward storytelling”; it is mostly “disburdened of social ethical frameworks”.

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The prevailing trend of our time is, it seems, a disburdening of the past.

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The Internet may have freed many to disburden themselves of their views.

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