remove a burden

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• burden — noun 1 responsibility/worry ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• remove — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether, completely, entirely ▪ partially ▪ effectively ▪ Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people …   Collocations dictionary

• Body burden — Body burden, also known as chemical load, is the amount of harmful chemicals present in a person s body. It is determined by biomonitoring, which assesses exposure by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens such as blood… …   Wikipedia

• Legal burden of proof — This article is about the burden of proof in law. For other uses, see Burden of proof (disambiguation). The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi) is the obligation to shift the accepted conclusion away from an oppositional opinion to one s own… …   Wikipedia

• disburden — disburdenment, n. /dis berr dn/, v.t. 1. to remove a burden from; rid of a burden. 2. to relieve of anything oppressive or annoying: Confession disburdened his mind of anxiety. 3. to get rid of (a burden); discharge. v.i. 4. to unload a burden.… …   Universalium

• disburden — dis•bur•den [[t]dɪsˈbɜr dn[/t]] v. t. 1) to remove a burden from; rid of a burden 2) to relieve of anything oppressive or annoying 3) to get rid of (a burden); discharge; unload 4) to unload a burden • Etymology: 1525–35 dis•bur′den•ment, n …   From formal English to slang

• disburden — /dɪsˈbɜdn/ (say dis berdn) verb (t) 1. to remove a burden from; rid of a burden. 2. to relieve of anything oppressive or annoying. 3. to get rid of (a burden); discharge. –verb (i) 4. to unload a burden. –disburdenment, noun …  

• relieve — [ri lēv′] vt. relieved, relieving [ME releven < OFr relever < L relevare, to lift up again < re , again + levare, to raise: see LEVER] 1. a) to ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.) b) to free (a person) from pain, discomfort,… …   English World dictionary

• California Gold Rush — The California Gold Rush (1848 ndash;1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter s Mill in Coloma, California. [E] vents from January 1848 through December 1855 [are] generally acknowledged as the Gold… …   Wikipedia

• unload — /ʌnˈloʊd / (say un lohd) verb (t) 1. to take the load from; remove the burden, cargo, or freight from. 2. to relieve of anything burdensome. 3. to withdraw the charge from (a firearm). 4. to remove or discharge (a load, etc.). 5. to relieve… …  

• exonerate — (v.) mid 15c., from L. exoneratus, pp. of exonerare remove a burden, discharge, unload, from ex off (see EX (Cf. ex )) + onerare to unload; overload, oppress, from onus (gen. oneris) burden (see ONUS (Cf. onus)). Rela …   Etymology dictionary