Disburden

(-bŭr/dn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISBURDENED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISBURDENING.] [Prefix dis and burden, q. v.]

1Sense 1. To rid of a burden; to relieve of something which oppresses or weighs down; to unload; to disencumber; to unburden.

He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham.

My meditations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.

2Sense 2. To lay off, as something oppressive; to become relieved of; to discharge.

I yet may disburden a passion. Sidney.

Synonyms—To unload; discharge; disencumber; free; relieve.

To ease the mind. Milton.