1. An onerous or difficult concern
   "the burden of responsibility"
   - load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus 
2. Weight to be borne or conveyed
   - load, loading 
3. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   - effect, essence, core, gist 
4. The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

1. Weight down with a load
   - burthen, weight, weight down 
2. Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   - charge, saddle

Derived forms: burdened, burdening, burdens

Type of: charge, command, concern, headache, idea, import, meaning, require, significance, signification, thought, vexation, weight, worry

Antonym: unburden

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