unburden
verb (used with object)
to free from a burden.
has unburdened
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present perfectof unburden (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When the elder man has unburdened himself, then the younger tells his story too.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
It was one of those pauses that ensue after the soul has unburdened itself, and when, for a moment, there is nothing new to engage it.
From Waldfried A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
"Poor, dear boy!" she returned, in the tone of a careless mother to whom a son has unburdened his sorrows, and laid her hand lightly on his curls.
From Home Again by George MacDonald
