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Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..

Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..

Pack :: Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty..

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.

Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast..

Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of..

Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Heavily :: Heavily (adv.) As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully..

Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..

Ton :: Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden..

Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land..

Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

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..

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

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..

Careworn :: Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face..

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

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