disembarrass

[ dis-em-bar-uhs ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.

  2. to relieve; rid.

  1. to free from embarrassment.

Origin of disembarrass

1
First recorded in 1720–30; dis-1 + embarrass

Other words from disembarrass

  • dis·em·bar·rass·ment, noun

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How to use disembarrass in a sentence

  • Let us begin, then, by clearly disembarrassing our minds of any lingering belief in the existence of thunderbolts.

    Falling in Love | Grant Allen
  • The money he was making enabled him to assist his wife in disembarrassing her estate.

    The Life of George Borrow | Herbert Jenkins
  • He could not think of the best means of disembarrassing himself of the deadly creature.

    Yussuf the Guide | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for disembarrass

disembarrass

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbærəs) /


verb(tr)
  1. to free from embarrassment, entanglement, etc

  2. to relieve or rid of something burdensome

Derived forms of disembarrass

  • disembarrassment, noun

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