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“disencumber” in Latin

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

disencumber
onere liberare or levare; anybody of anything, exonerare aliqua re: levare, liberare or solvere aliqua re: demere alicui aliquid. To disencumber one’s self of, expedire se (e.g., ab omni occupatione, Cic.; aerumnis, cura, Terentianus): exsolvere se (e.g., occupationibus). I have met with many hindrances, of which I have not yet effectually disencumbered myself, multa me impedierunt, quae ne nunc quidem satis expedita sunt (Cic.): to disencumber one’s self of cares, curas deponere: to disencumber the mind of its griefs, aegritudinem abjicere or exuere (both Cic.). Vid: To FREE.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disencumber?
The usual Latin words for “disencumber” are levō, līberō, aerumna; also cūra. 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.