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Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..

Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.

Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.

Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.

Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.

Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

Pesterous :: Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome..

Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes..

Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..

Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..

Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..

Tax :: Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health..

Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..

Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right..

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