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“disburden” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disburden
exonerare (to relieve from a burden, PROP.; e.g., navem, stomachum, alvum, ventrem; and figuratively, animum sollicitudine; conscientiam meam, both Curt.): levare: liberare: solvere (figuratively, to free from): to disburden one’s self of anything, deponere aliquid (to lay aside; e.g. curas): expedire se aliqua re (to extricate one’s self from; e.g., cura): to disburden one’s heart (of care), allevare sollicitudines animum exonerare sollicitudine (Curt., 4, 13, 22): to disburden one’s heart (= make a full statement of what oppresses it), totum se patefacere alicui; expromere occulta sua (Terentianus) :”to disburden a country surcharged with multitude of inhabitants” (Hale), exonerare plebem coloniis deductis (Liv.) :” to disburden itself into ...” (of a river), exonerare se in (with accusative Plin.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disburden?
The usual Latin words for “disburden” are exonerō, levō, līberō; also soleō, nāvis, stomachus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.