Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free from or relieve of a burden or trouble.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rid of a load; free from a burden; ease.
- To throw off as being a burden; discharge; hence, to disclose; reveal.
- To relieve, as the mind or heart, by disclosing what lies heavy on it; also, reflexively, to relieve (one's self) in this way: as, he unburdened himself to his confessor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To relieve from a burden.
- transitive verb To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To free from
burden , orrelieve fromtrouble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb free or relieve (someone) of a burden
- verb take the burden off; remove the burden from
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Examples
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The idea is that citizens should be allowed to unburden themselves of sin and seek forgiveness, usually involving a priest in the Catholic confessional.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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And to unburden those who had to carry more than their end of thelog.
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In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet chose to unburden herself about her illicit love to her busybody nurse, who hustled off to tell Romeo like a sixteenth-century gossip.
Make Yourself Unforgettable Dale Carnegie 2011
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When you do, a tremendous weight will be lifted from you as you unburden your mind and your soul.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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This was exactly what he worried about—that just seeing her made him want to unburden every secret in his soul.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet chose to unburden herself about her illicit love to her busybody nurse, who hustled off to tell Romeo like a sixteenth-century gossip.
Make Yourself Unforgettable Dale Carnegie 2011
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He chose to unburden himself in public as well as in private.
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When you do, a tremendous weight will be lifted from you as you unburden your mind and your soul.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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This was exactly what he worried about—that just seeing her made him want to unburden every secret in his soul.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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The idea is that citizens should be allowed to unburden themselves of sin and seek forgiveness, usually involving a priest in the Catholic confessional.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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