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disembarrass /dɪsɪmˈbarəs / /dɪsɛmˈbarəs/verb ( disembarrass oneself of/from) 1Free oneself of (a burden or nuisance): shouldn’t empires disembarrass themselves of elements which no longer serve a purpose?...- As was the manner of his time, his relations with his innumerable mistresses were almost universally cordial, even when disembarrassing himself of them.
- If there is one priority more urgent for the Conservatives than disembarrassing themselves of their leader, it is ridding themselves of their chairman.
- And now, since he had not disembarrassed himself of my presence, was his secret about to be revealed to me?
1.1 [with object] rare Free from embarrassment: (as adjective disembarrassed) the disembarrassed honesty of the sexual fantasies Derivativesdisembarrassment noun ...- Their location was one of the main reasons these early settlements became established communities and disembarrassment points for the horde of immigrants arriving from Europe.
- It should be a tale neither of grief nor grievance but of disembarrassment.
- The reason for this radical disembarrassment of all outer attributes is that a cloud remains that blocks the way to the kingdom, that interposes itself defiantly between the seeker and the precious pearl, until the final act of renunciation.
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