verb
to set a person or thing free of something that encumbers
rid himself of his troubles
Synonyms: clear, lose, shake (off), throw off, unburden
Related Word: free, liberate, release; disembosom, unbosom; eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, remove, uproot; abolish, extinguish
Contrasted words: burden, charge, clog, cumber, encumber, lade, load, lumber, saddle, task, tax, weigh, weight
Antonyms: weigh down