unburden

[ uhn-bur-dn ]

/ ʌnˈbɜr dn /

to free from a burden.

to relieve (one's mind, conscience, etc.) by revealing or confessing something.

to cast off or get rid of, as a burden or something burdensome; disclose; reveal: He unburdened the worries that plagued him.

Origin of unburden

First recorded in 1530–40; un-² + burden¹

3 confide.

Sometime, he thought, he might meet the boy face to face, and tell him all that his heart longed to unburden itself of.

Culm Rock |Glance Gaylord
Westenra, poor child, you are young and unaccustomed to these things, but I must unburden my mind.

A Plucky Girl |L. T. Meade
Stretched at full length on his cot, Bixton made no move to unburden himself to the officer.

The Khaki Boys at Camp Sterling |Josephine Chase
Dinner was over by this time, and she felt free to unburden her mind and receive the longed-for sympathy.

The Daughters of a Genius |Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

Rarely would they unburden their minds by direct statements.

The Revellers |Louis Tracy

unburden

/ (ʌnˈbɜːdən) /

to remove a load or burden from

to relieve or make free (one's mind, oneself, etc) of a worry, trouble, etc, by revelation or confession

Archaic spelling: unburthen ( ʌnˈbɜːðən)