| Main Entry: | disburden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid |
Synonyms: |
clear, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, dump, empty, free, liberate, lighten, release, relieve, unburden, unchain, unload, unpack |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload |
Antonyms: |
assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unload |
Synonyms: |
carry away, disburden, empty, off-load, remove, remove cargo, send, take away, take off, unburden, unlade, unpack, unship, unstow |
Antonyms: |
load |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, help |
Synonyms: |
abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten |
Antonyms: |
annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen |
| Main Entry: | exonerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excuse, clear of responsibility or blame |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, disburden, discharge, dismiss, except, exculpate, exempt, free, justify, let off hook, let off, liberate, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, vindicate, whitewash, wipe slate clean |
| Notes: | to exculpate is 'to free from accusation or blame' while exonerate is literally 'to free from a burden' |
Antonyms: |
accuse, blame, charge, condemn, incarcerate, incriminate, sentence |
| Main Entry: | extricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
bail out, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save one's neck, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of |
Antonyms: |
entangle, involve |
| Main Entry: | lighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce weight, load |
Synonyms: |
allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, attenuate, buoy, change, comfort, cut down, decrease, dilute, disburden, disencumber, ease, empty, eradicate, extenuate, facilitate, free, jettison, lessen, levitate, make less, make lighter, mitigate, mollify, pour out, put off, reduce, relieve, remove, shift, take, take a load off, thin, throw out, unburden, unload, uplight, upraise |
Antonyms: |
burden, weigh down |
| Main Entry: | rid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with; free |
Synonyms: |
abolish, clear, deliver, disabuse, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, dump*, eject, eliminate, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fire, give the brush, heave-ho, junk*, kiss goodbye, liberate, make free, purge, release, relieve, remove, roust, scrap, send packing, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, toss out, unburden, unload, uproot |
Antonyms: |
get |
| Main Entry: | shed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast off |
Synonyms: |
afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, jettison, junk, let fall, molt, pour forth, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shower, slip, slough, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield |
Antonyms: |
put on |
| Main Entry: | unburden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
clear, confess, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |