disencumbered 1 of 2

as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful the paying off of my loan left me feeling delightfully disencumbered

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disencumbered

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verb

past tense of disencumber

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disencumbered
Adjective
  • Given that the Browns have gone through two waves of free agency without adding a clear-cut starting quarterback, there’s either a long-term plan or there were multiple misses along the way.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Saquon Barkley, signed by the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency in 2024 after the Chicago Bears pursued him, challenged Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, finishing with 2,005 yards before leading the team to a Super Bowl LIX victory.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Surely, Johnson had to be relieved to be traded by the lowly Carolina Panthers to a team that is a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • They are also relieved that the war, for now, has ended.
    Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Quant, whose name was synonymous with London’s Swinging ’60s and its fashion, offered young women a new, more liberated way of dressing, free from the girdles and restrictive undergarments that their mothers and grandmothers had worn.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Asylum is not what Kadiatou, who is the most burdened of the four yet who also unexpectedly emerges feeling the most liberated, finds in America.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The hostages were freed January 21, 1981, moments after Reagan’s inauguration.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • People freed from slavery were largely able to stake their claim on the area in the mid-1800s because white settlers passed it over.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Disencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbered. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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