disencumber

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DISENCUMBER

to empty or rid of cargo <we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night>

Synonyms disburden, discharge, disencumber, off-load, unburden, unlade, unpack

Related Words free, lighten, relieve; clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void

Near Antonyms charge, cram, fill, heap, jam, jam-pack, stuff

Antonyms load, pack

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers <a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon>

Synonyms clear, disburden, disencumber, divest, free, relieve, unburden

Near Antonyms bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)

Antonyms burden, encumber, saddle

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