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unburden

[uhn-bur-dn]

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verb (used with object)

to free from a burden.

to relieve (one's mind, conscience, etc.) by revealing or confessing something.

to cast off or get rid of, as a burden or something burdensome; disclose; reveal: He unburdened the worries that plagued him.

Origin:
1530–40; un-² + burden¹

Synonyms
3. confide.

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unburden (ʌnˈbɜːd^ən, ʌnˈbɜːðən)

—vb
1.	to remove a load or burden from
2.	to relieve or make free (one's mind, oneself, etc) of a worry, trouble, etc, by revelation or confession

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unburden

1538, "to unload" (trans.), from un- (2) + burden (v.). Cf. Ger. entbürden. Refl. sense is recorded from 1589.

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