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un⋅bur⋅den

  [uhn-bur-dn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to free from a burden.
2. to relieve (one's mind, conscience, etc.) by revealing or confessing something.
3. 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 + burden 1

Synonyms:
3. confide.
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un·bur·den   (ŭn-bûr'dn)   
tr.v.   un·bur·dened, un·bur·den·ing, un·bur·dens
To free from or relieve of a burden or trouble: unburden one's mind.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

unburden 
1538, "to unload" (trans.), from un- (2) + burden (v.). Cf. Ger. entbürden. Refl. sense is recorded from 1589.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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