Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..

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Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) That which is carried; burden; baggage.
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded..
Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..
Soc :: Soc (n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Chargeant :: Chargeant (a.) Burdensome; troublesome.
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Overburden :: Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc..
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
Loading :: Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.
Burdening :: Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burde.
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