What is another word for disencumber?

Pronunciation: [dˌɪsɛnkˈʌmbə] (IPA)

Disencumber means to free or release from a burden or obligation. Synonyms for disencumber include: unburden, unload, ease, lighten, relieve, alleviate, liberate, exonerate, free, emancipate, clear, and eliminate. These synonyms can be used interchangeably to convey the same meaning of freeing oneself or another from a weighty responsibility or obligation. The choice of synonym depends on the context in which it is used. For instance, unburden is commonly used when referring to emotional or mental stress while alleviate is used in reference to physical pain or discomfort. In any case, the use of synonyms gives a variety of options to the writer and enhances the text's readability.

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What are the hypernyms for Disencumber?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Disencumber?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for disencumber?

Disencumber means to remove a burden or obstacle. Its antonyms are words that convey the opposite meaning. Some antonyms of disencumber are burden, encumber, oppress, obstruct, fetter, weigh down, and hamper. Burden means to add difficulty, Encumber implies extra baggage that makes movement difficult. Oppress means to weigh heavily on the mind, thereby limiting growth or movement in life. Obstruct means to prevent progress, while fetter means to impose restrictions. Weigh down means to bear a cumbersome load or task, while hamper impairs progress. Thus, the antonyms of disencumber should be understood to avoid confusion in communication.

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Usage examples for Disencumber

Tarleton ordered his infantry to disencumber themselves of every thing except arms and ammunition, to file to the right, till they became equal to the flank of the American front line; the legion infantry were added to their left, and under the fire of a three pounder they were to advance within three hundred yards of the enemy.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
Though you were to-morrow to give us the best tenures on earth-though you were to equalise Presbyterian, Catholic and Episcopalian-though you were to give us the amplest representation in your Senate-though you were to restore our absentees, disencumber us of your debt, and redress every one of our fiscal wrongs-and though, in addition to all this, you plundered the treasuries of the world to lay gold at our feet and exhausted the resources of your genius to do us worship and honour-still we tell you-we tell you in the name of liberty and country-we tell you in the name of enthusiastic hearts, thoughtful souls and fearless spirits-we tell you by the past, the present and the future, we would spurn your gifts if the condition were that Ireland should remain a province.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
The Comtesse de Chantonnay breathed a little more freely, but no friendly hand could disencumber her of the mountains of flesh, which must have weighed down any heart less buoyant and courageous.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman

Famous quotes with Disencumber

  • All this will have left you disposed to understand one of our principal Futurist efforts, which consists of abolishing in literature the apparently indissoluble fusion of the two concepts of . This ideological a fusion has reduced all romance to a sort of heroic assault that a bellicose and lyrical male launches against a tower that bristles with enemies, a story which ends when the hero, now beneath starlight, carries the divine Beauty-Woman away to new heights. Novels such as by Victor Hugo or by Flaubert can clarify my point. It is a matter of a dominant leitmotif, already worn out,c of which we would like to disencumber literature and art in general.
    Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

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