disembarrass

American  

[dis-em-bar-uhs] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbær əs /

verb (used with object)

1. to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.

2. to relieve; rid.

3. to free from embarrassment.

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disembarrass British  

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbærəs /

verb

1. to free from embarrassment, entanglement, etc

2. to relieve or rid of something burdensome

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Other Word Forms

• disembarrassment noun

Etymology

Origin of disembarrass

First recorded in 1720–30; dis- ¹ + embarrass

Example Sentences

Norah, having disembarrassed herself of her suitor, set out in earnest to get on the stage and confided her ambition to Lily.

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Madame Gauguin agreed with this arrangement, hoping to see her husband, now disembarrassed of his family, make a rapid conquest of the Parisian art-world.

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Perhaps if the ships of war should proceed directly to Rhode Island, it will be best for them to disembarrass themselves of their transports, and send them into the Delaware as in the other case.

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Eager to disembarrass the administration, Paine published a letter in the National Intelligencer which had cordially welcomed him, in which he said that he should not ask or accept any office.*

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Henry at first treated this display of arrogated divinity with scornful indifference, but his vices had too much disembarrassed the action of the papal machinery not to allow it to disable his power and revenge.

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