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Dictionary: dis·en·cum·ber   (dĭs'ĕn-kŭm'bər) pronunciation
tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.
To relieve of burdens or hardships.

[Obsolete French desencombrer, from Old French : des-, dis- + encombrer, to encumber; see encumber.]

disencumberment dis'en·cum'ber·ment n.

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verb

    To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, release, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden. Slang shake. See keep/release.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: release from entanglement of difficulty
  Synonyms: extricate, untangle, disentangle


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre ubesværet, aflaste

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevrijden

Français (French)
v. tr. - débarrasser, payer (un emprunt-logement), déshypothéquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - entlasten, entschulden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαλλάσσω από βάρος κ.λπ.

Italiano (Italian)
sgomberare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desembaraçar, libertar

Русский (Russian)
снять бремя

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desembarazar, librar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - befria

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使解脱, 摆脱

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使解脫, 擺脫

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~를 고난으로부터 탈출 시키다, 풀어주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解放する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخلص من عب, يريح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שחרר מנטל‬


 
 
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