unencumbrance

English

Etymology

un- +‎ encumbrance

Noun

unencumbrance (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being unencumbered.
   • 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 267:

     In their late thirties they’d decided not to have children, which at the time seemed like a sensible way to avoid unnecessary complications and heartbreak, and this decision had lent their lives a certain ease that he’d always appreciated, a sense of blissful unencumbrance.

Synonyms

• burdenlessness
• freedom

Antonyms

• encumbrance