Disencumbrance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. countable, uncountable

    "they would soon find out that there are many who make a figure below what their fortune or merit entitles them to , out of mere choice , and an elegant desire of ease and disencumbrance"

Example

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"they would soon find out that there are many who make a figure below what their fortune or merit entitles them to , out of mere choice , and an elegant desire of ease and disencumbrance"

Etymology

From dis- + encumbrance.

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