Meaning

1 senses

  1. To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.

    free or relieve (someone) of a burden

Examples

6 sentences

  1. In doing so, he unburdened himself.

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  2. She unburdened herself of her terrible secret.

    ruОна сбросила с себя бремя своей страшной тайны.

    deSie entlastete sich von ihrem schrecklichen Geheimnis.

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  3. She unburdened her heart to her friends.

    deSie schüttete ihren Freunden ihr Herz aus.

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  4. Maybe you just need to unburden your heart.

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  5. Her mother's death unburdened her.

    deDurch den Tod ihrer Mutter fiel eine Last von ihr ab.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From un- + burden.

From un- + burden.

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Forms

unburdens, unburdening, unburdened, unburdened
Base formunburden · to unburden
3rd person singularunburdens
Present participleunburdening
Past simpleunburdened
Past participleunburdened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunburden
he, she, itunburdens

Past simpleLesson

all personsunburdened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unburdened
he, she, ithas unburdened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unburden

Synonyms

2 synonyms
emptyA2
Close in meaning
  • take the burden off; remove the burden from:disburden

Antonyms

1 antonyms
burden

Word family

2 related words
Relateddisburden
Derivedunburdener

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unbornunbreakableunbuttonuncannyC2uncaring
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