disembarrass

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She knows he has conceived some scheme to disembarrass her of a husband she no longer cares for—to both become inconvenient.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

The conflict of dignity with the respect due to royalty makes up a very intricate code of conduct and manner of which the possessor cannot always disembarrass himself, even in the society of his equals.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

To disembarrass myself from my seeming rudeness as politely as possible, I bowed to his gaze, and said inquiringly: ‘I have the honor to address Mr. Mundt?’

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

It would also disembarrass the king of a dangerous enemy; though of all the motives, inspiring Scarthe to the act, this was perhaps the weakest.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Pascal, in order to disembarrass us, says very gravely, that we must judge the doctrine by miracles, and the miracles by the doctrine; that doctrine judges the miracles, and the miracles judge the doctrine.

From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna