unburdening
unburdening is the present participle and gerund of unburden.
Meaning of unburden
Verb
unburden (third-person singular simple present unburdens, present participle unburdening, simple past and past participle unburdened)
Noun
unburdening (plural unburdenings)
- 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.2013, Phyllis Ann Karr, At Amberleaf Fair, page 84
Forms of unburdening
| plural | unburdenings |
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Questions about unburdening
- What does unburdening mean?
- Unburdening means the act by which one unburdens oneself.
- What is unburdening the present participle and gerund of?
- Unburdening is the present participle and gerund of unburden.
- What part of speech is unburdening?
- Unburdening is a noun.
- What is the plural of unburdening?
- The plural of unburdening is unburdenings.
Words near unburdening in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unburdening (page history and authors); unburden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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