unburdens
Lets troubles go
Unburdens means to relieve of a burden or weight.
Most often the burden is emotional—guilt, worry, or secrets carried too long.
To unburden yourself is to confess or share what's been troubling you: She unburdened herself to her therapist.
The word suggests relief through disclosure, as if setting down something heavy.
Removes from captivity
- liberatesSets free from captivity
- emancipatesReleases from control
- releasesLets go or publishes
- extricatesReleases from entanglement
disentangles · unshackles · unfetters · unchains · untethers · delivers · rescues · relieves
Removes contents from
- offloadsTransfers elsewhere to lighten
- discardsThings thrown away
- releasesLets go or publishes
- lets goRelinquishes hold, or urges haste
sheds · divests · relinquishes · surrenders · casts off · throws off · disposes · empties
Entry or confession
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- unbosomingDisclosing private feelings
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
catharsis · opening up · spilling · sharing · offloading · venting · truth-telling · coming clean
frees
Removes from captivity
- liberatesSets free from captivity
- emancipatesReleases from control
- releasesLets go or publishes
extricates · disentangles · unshackles · unfetters · unchains · untethers · delivers · rescues · relieves · unbinds
unloads
Removes contents from
lets go · sheds · divests · relinquishes · surrenders · casts off · throws off · disposes · empties · clears
admission
Entry or confession
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- unbosomingDisclosing private feelings
confiding · catharsis · opening up · spilling · sharing · offloading · venting · truth-telling · coming clean · heart-to-heart
alleviates
Reduces severity of
comforts · assuages · mitigates · lessens · diminishes · reduces · calms · softens · relaxes · decompresses
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Weighty obligations borne
loads · weighs down · encumbers · saddles · overloads
unburdensconceals
Keeps from being seen
suppresses · hides · bottles up · represses · buries