disembarrass
Americanverb (used with object)
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to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.
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to relieve; rid.
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to free from embarrassment.
verb
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to free from embarrassment, entanglement, etc
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to relieve or rid of something burdensome
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I have never been able, altogether, to disembarrass my head of the most wonderful vision that ever took possession of any man’s.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
Madame Roland resembled certain politicians, who, having attained to power, would willingly disembarrass themselves of those by whose aid they reached it.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The conflict of dignity with the respect due to royalty makes up a very intricate code of conduct and manner of which the possessor cannot always disembarrass himself, even in the society of his equals.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
It would also disembarrass the king of a dangerous enemy; though of all the motives, inspiring Scarthe to the act, this was perhaps the weakest.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
She did all that was possible to disembarrass the estate so that it might produce sufficient for her father’s maintenance.
From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
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