unburden
pronunciation
How to pronounce unburden in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈbɜ:dn]
How to pronounce unburden in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈbɜrdn]
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- Verb:
- free or relieve (someone) of a burden
- take the burden off; remove the burden from
Word Origin
- unburden (v.)
- 1530s, "to unload" (transitive), from un- (2) "reverse of" + burden (v.). Similar formation in German entbürden. Reflexive sense is recorded from 1580s. Related: Unburdened; unburdening.
Example
- 1. Keep looking until you find one whom you can completely unburden yourself with , whom you can be honest with .
- 2. There 's got to be somebody in the world that you can unburden yourself with .
- 3. That 's why pushing to remember a traumatic event so soon after it occurs doesn 't unburden us ; it reinforces the fear and stress that are part of the recollection .
- 4. Even if the service were to unburden itself of government interference , it would still be weighed down by pension obligations , calling its competitiveness into question .