† disencumbrancen.
Obsolete.
Deliverance or freedom from encumbrance.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of hindrance or encumbrance
clearnessa1616
freedom1705
disencumbrance1712
disembarrassment1818
unencumberedness1891
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋1 Out of mere Choice, and an elegant Desire of Ease and Disincumbrance.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 469 The waste, and not the disincumbrance of the estate, was the common effect of a long minority. View more context for this quotation
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 57. 454 An indecorous ease, and pitiful disincumbrance.
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n.1712- to take a cockshy at
- to take a conceit
- to take a course
- to take a course to do something
- to take a crack
- to take a crap
- to take a decision
- to take a defeat lying down
- to take a dim view
- to take a dim view of something
- to take a dirt nap
- to take a displeasure
- to take a dive
- to take a dog's leave
- to take a etc lying down
- to take a etc measure of
- to take a etc powder
- to take a fade
- to take a fair measure of
- to take a fall
- to take a feeler
- to take a fetch
- to take a fley
- to take a flight
- to take a french furlough