(v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
(v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Example Sentences:
Unburden
Definition:
(v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
(v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
Example Sentences:
(1) Practically all patients with an unburdened anamnesis showed abacillation and healing of the cavities under the effect of this treatment.
(2) "Greeks need to unburden their fears," says the comic, the scent of cologne permeating his dressing room after he has danced, sung and quipped his way through another rendition of "Sorry … I'm Greek".
(3) Reasons for deciding on vasectomy were varied, but generally revolved around the absolute effectiveness of the procedure and the need to unburden the wife of contraceptive responsibility.
(4) Citizen journalism is also most effective when conducted in tandem with fact-checking professional journalists, who can work unburdened of the official directives currently being issued on how a big news story should – or shouldn't – be told.
(5) Walking distance was increased by more than 50% by comparison with an unburdened walk in seven patients with the endurance walking test but in only three patients with the six minute walking test.
(6) The students come away unburdened with the sense of inferiority that every previous generation had been instilled with since the days in which the British first labelled Irish as backward.
(7) Constantly harassed in airports by South Korean and Japanese journalists, he unwisely unburdened himself to some: notably Yoji Gomi , who published a book based on extensive email exchanges.
(8) Peggy, finally unburdened, jumped straight on on the phone to Stan … ‘There’s more to life than work’ – Stan Having been staring at him right in the face, Peggy Olson finally found a man worthy of her.
(9) The additional work of carrying the portable gas supply reduced endurance walking distance by 22.2% and six minute walking distance by 14.1% by comparison with a baseline unburdened walk.
(10) And being typecast as a “gay film-maker” can be divisive: “There is still this weird feeling that gay people are fundamentally different from straight people when, actually, we have similar fears and doubts and hopes – although we might have slightly more emotional baggage to drag along for being a minority.” He needed to unburden himself of some of his ideas in a non-gay framework.
(11) The current community mental health movement, struggling under the misnomer "deinstitutionalization," is a worthy effort that can succeed if given adequate support and unburdened of pessimism and scapegoating.
(12) Or why he's chosen to unburden himself about it now.
(13) And Harmers could now go about its business unburdened by judicial criticism.
(14) For all of Lloyd’s ability, her best self only arrived in Canada when US coach Jill Ellis made a tactical shift that placed Lloyd closer to goal and unburdened her of defensive duties.
(15) It’s the only place he feels he can unburden some of the weary load he carries on this lonely journey.
(16) The NHS’s problem is resources not doctors | Letters Read more For those unburdened by anti-Tory prejudice, another interpretation is possible: that the greatest threat to the NHS is not the Conservative party but its own failure to respond to modernity.
(17) The era of brand decontamination appears now to be firmly behind Hague, for he seems unburdened by any concern to distance himself from the past.
(18) Others are really gentle and very good at listening.” Pizii, a breast-cancer survivor herself, understands that for some women the need to unburden is as important as the activities.
(19) Early animal testing of these systems indicated that they could be effective in unburdening the heart cavities during left and right bypasses.
(20) On the other hand I was able to experience the moment completely unburdened.