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  • 31free — 1 adj 1 a: having the legal and political rights of a citizen representatives...shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons U.S. Constitution art. I b: enjoying civil and political liberty a free people c: enjoying political …

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  • 32relieve — re·lieve vt re·lieved, re·liev·ing: to set free from a duty, burden, or liability cannot be relieved of his negligence the trust cannot relieve the trustees of those very basic duties that the law imposes Hosey v. Burgess, 890 S.W.2d 262 (1995)… …

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  • 33free — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. at liberty, unrestrained; exempt; gratuitous, free of charge; lavish, profuse. v. t. unfetter, release; rid [of] (see ejection). See freedom, exemption, nonpayment, liberality. II (Roget s IV) modif …

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  • 34unburden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unload; lighten, relieve; disclose, reveal. See ejection, levity, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To unload] Syn. dump, dispose of, relinquish; see lighten 1 , relieve 2 . 2. [To reveal] Syn.… …

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  • 35lighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make lighter] Syn. unburden, disburden, make lighter, reduce the load of, lessen the weight of, uplift, buoy up, mitigate, levitate, alleviate, make less burdensome, disencumber, take off a load, remove, take from, pour… …

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  • 36Facility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Facility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 facility facility ease Sgm: N 1 easiness easiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 capability capability Sgm: N 1 feasibility feasibility &c.(practicability) 470 Sgm: N …

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  • 37dis|cum|ber — «dihs KUHM buhr», transitive verb. = disencumber. (Cf. ↑disencumber) ╂[< dis 2 + cumber] …

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  • 38Disburden — Dis*bur den, v. t. [See {Burden}, v. t.] [Cf. {Disburthen}.] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. [1913 Webster] He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. [1913… …

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  • 39Discumber — Dis*cum ber, v. t. [Pref. dis + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.] To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber. [Archaic] Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Rid — Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} or {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[ a]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to… …

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