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disembarrass

[dis-em-bar-uhs]

dis·em·bar·rass

[dis-em-bar-uhs]
verb (used with object)
1.
to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.
2.
to relieve; rid.
3.
to free from embarrassment.

Origin:
1720–30; dis-1 + embarrass

dis·em·bar·rass·ment, noun
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disembarrass (ˌdɪsɪmˈbærəs)
 
vb
1.  to free from embarrassment, entanglement, etc
2.  to relieve or rid of something burdensome
 
disem'barrassment
 
n

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