disencumber

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ encumber

Verb

disencumber (third-person singular simple present disencumbers, present participle disencumbering, simple past and past participle disencumbered)

1. (transitive) To remove an encumbrance or burden from (someone or something); unburden.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 218:

     Francesca was soon disencumbered of her riding-hood and cloak; and the three young people, left together, became rapidly acquainted.

Translations

To remove an encumbrance from

• French: déshypothéquer (fr)