Unburdening

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which one unburdens oneself.

    "Judges often became the recipients of spontaneous unburdenings, which could happen only when the tellers already trusted their listeners' discretion."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unburden form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"Judges often became the recipients of spontaneous unburdenings, which could happen only when the tellers already trusted their listeners' discretion."

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