unburthened

The Marchesa di Vivaldi, of whose death Beatrice had given an imperfect account, struck with remorse of the crime she had meditated against Ellena, and with terror of the punishment due to it, had sent, when on her death-bed, for a Confessor, to whom she unburthened her conscience, and from whom she hoped to receive, in return; an alleviation of her despair.

The Italian 2004

As summer clouds dissolve, unburthened of their rain;

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

After saying what was given me, I prayed with her, feeling sweetly assisted: when we arose from our knees she unburthened her mind, and told me she had 'grieved the Spirit' and now, not feeling His strivings, she had ceased to pray, and had given, up all.

Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York John Lyth

His confessions were stated by himself to have been received by groans from the aged man to whom he unburthened his heart, and who frequently crossed himself whilst listening to the recital.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson

For the last two days, they had been unable to ride, the ground being so broken that they found it quite as much as their beasts were able to do, to make their way along unburthened, and now they were lame, their hoofs being much bruised, and the flesh around the hoofs swollen.

The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West

The Chevalier and M. have unburthened themselves to me in a manner the most confidential that you can possibly conceive.

A Publisher and His Friends Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1911

I was unburthened by guilt in past events, and I conceived no reason for fearing the future -- other than that now I was likely to lose her.

Desert Dust J. Clinton Shepherd 1911

To the last of them he unburthened his mind of an accumulated disgust with medical science.

Tales of Space and Time 1906

So, unburthened by luggage, she slipped quietly out of the Redhill Station and made her way straight for the draper's shop in the London Road.

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective 1894

Even for a man unburthened, the ascent was toilsome and precarious; but Irvine sealed it with a light foot, carrying box after box, as the hero whisks the stage child up the practicable footway beside the waterfall of the fifth act.

The Silverado Squatters 1884