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unburdening

NOUN
discharge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
disburdening emptying unlading
Antonyms


Example Sentences

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Stacy’s problem with New York life, and particularly how its version of 1% living shaped her children, is why Preston’s cabin becomes the start of her “Walden”-style unburdening.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Once he started unburdening himself of his insecurities and traumas, he probably wouldn’t stop for a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Stories will long be told about what Gazans have endured these last couple of years, and movies will be part of that unburdening.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2024

Even now the people who came by her place, they talked and talked, unburdening themselves of all manner of tales and stories.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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