What does "disburden" mean?

Disburden: To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.

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