unburdening

The word “unburdening” has 4 syllables: un-bur-den-ing

It's pronounced as /ˌʌnˈbɜːrdənɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for unburdening?

In the thesaurus, “unburdening” has 35 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for unburdening along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for unburdening

  • clearing
  • delivering
  • disburdening
  • discharging
  • disencumbering
  • disengaging
  • disentangling
  • divesting
  • emancipating
  • emptying
  • enfranchising
  • evacuating
  • extricating
  • freeing
  • liberating
  • lightening
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • manumitting
  • off-loading
  • redeeming
  • releasing
  • relieving
  • rescuing
  • ridding
  • springing
  • unbinding
  • uncaging
  • unchaining
  • unfettering
  • unlading
  • unloading
  • unpacking
  • vacating
  • voiding

Antonyms for unburdening

Meanings of unburdening

  • verb
    1. To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.
  • noun
    1. The act by which one unburdens oneself.

Example Sentences

  • She found unburdening herself to a close friend to be a great relief.
  • The therapy sessions focused on unburdening emotional baggage from the past.
  • After years of secrecy, he finally felt comfortable unburdening his deepest fears to his partner.
  • Unburdening his mind through writing helped him cope with his anxiety.
  • The support group provided a safe space for unburdening personal struggles.

On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to unburdening, such as: burdening, charging, clearing, cramming, damming, delivering, disburdening.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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ratting

  • accepting
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  • conceding
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  • confirming
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  • snitching
  • spilling
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  • talking
  • tattling
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  • unburdening
  • unloading
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  • yielding

off-loading

  • clearing
  • disburdening
  • discharging
  • disencumbering
  • emptying
  • evacuating
  • freeing
  • lightening
  • relieving
  • unburdening
  • unlading
  • unloading
  • unpacking
  • vacating
  • voiding

pardoning

  • absolving
  • accommodating
  • acquitting
  • all heart
  • allowing
  • amenable
  • amiable
  • assuaging
  • assuasive
  • being big
  • beneficent
  • benign
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  • biddable
  • bleeding heart
  • charitable
  • clearing
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  • compassionate
  • compensatory
  • complaisant
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  • deliverance
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  • discharging
  • discounting
  • disentangling
  • disregarding
  • dupable
  • easy
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  • emollient
  • exculpating
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  • excusing
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  • explaining
  • exploitable
  • extrication
  • favoring
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  • forbearing
  • forgiving
  • forgiving and forgetting
  • generous
  • gentle
  • going easy on
  • good-natured
  • gracious
  • granting freedom
  • gullible
  • heart in right place
  • humane
  • humanitarian
  • humoring
  • ignoring
  • indulgent
  • justifying
  • kind
  • kindly
  • lax
  • lenient
  • letting
  • liberal
  • liberating
  • liberation
  • light
  • live with
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • loving
  • manumission
  • merciful
  • mild
  • moderate
  • mollycoddling
  • naive
  • nonpunitive
  • obliging
  • overlooking
  • overpassing
  • pampering
  • papering over
  • passing over
  • permitting
  • pitiful
  • pitying
  • rationalizing
  • redeeming
  • releasing
  • remitting
  • reprieve
  • reprieving
  • rescuing
  • restoration
  • salvation
  • saving
  • setting free
  • shriving
  • shrugging off
  • soft
  • soft-shell
  • softhearted
  • sparing
  • spoiling
  • submissive
  • susceptible
  • sympathetic
  • temperate
  • tender
  • tenderhearted
  • tolerant
  • tractable
  • trusting
  • unbinding
  • unburdening
  • unburdensome
  • unchaining
  • unfettering
  • unlocking
  • unoppressive
  • unsuspicious
  • untying
  • vindicating
  • waiving
  • whitewashing
  • yielding

absolving

  • absolution
  • acquitting
  • aegis
  • armor
  • avenging
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • clearing
  • commuting
  • compensatory
  • condoning
  • cover
  • defense
  • discharging
  • dispensation
  • egis
  • exculpating
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  • excusing
  • exemption
  • exonerating
  • expiating
  • forgiveness
  • forgiving
  • guard
  • immunity
  • impunity
  • liberating
  • nonpunitive
  • pardoning
  • protection
  • redeeming
  • redressing
  • releasing
  • remitting
  • reprieving
  • revenging
  • safeguard
  • safety
  • screen
  • security
  • shield
  • unburdening
  • vindicating
  • whitewashing

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