unburden
verb
un·bur·den
ˌən-ˈbər-dᵊn 
unburdened; unburdening; unburdens
1
: to free or relieve from a burden
2
: to relieve oneself of (cares, fears, worries, etc.) : cast off
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Examples of unburden in a Sentence
the crew was frantically unburdening the ship in an attempt to save it
a generous friend unburdened her of that particular financial worry
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Twice Biden has attempted to achieve his campaign pledge of forgiving student loan debt in an effort to unburden a generation of students who took on massive student loan debt at a young age.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
Lipa has been clear about how a good pop song can help a person to get lost in a moment, to briefly but truly unburden herself.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
The tenor of the responses to Elmo reflect much of that — and some welcome dark humor in unburdening ourselves to a fuzzy puppet.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
At every turn, congressional Republicans have done their best to stall or completely derail his attempts at unburdening Americans saddled with college debt.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
Lipa has been clear about how a good pop song can help a person to get lost in a moment, to briefly but truly unburden herself.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
The tenor of the responses to Elmo reflect much of that — and some welcome dark humor in unburdening ourselves to a fuzzy puppet.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
At every turn, congressional Republicans have done their best to stall or completely derail his attempts at unburdening Americans saddled with college debt.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
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unburden
verb
un·bur·den
ˌən-ˈbərd-ᵊn
1
: to free or bring relief from a burden
2
: to free oneself from (as cares)
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