Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..

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Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Exemption :: Exemption (n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Burden :: Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..
Load :: Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load..
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Jument :: "Jument (n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden..
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
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