disburden

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Disembosom, dis-em-bōōz′um, v.t. to separate from the bosom: to disburden one's self of a secret.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

She felt worried, and anxious to disburden her soul of its secret.

From The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Stokes, Katherine

He seized the propitious moment to disburden his soul.

From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip

But it is improper to disburden imagination on such a subject in this place.—E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

"When we have dined and had our coffee, you shall make your own confession; and that only if you like it, and wish to disburden your conscience."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James