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| baggage |
unnecessary and burdensome things or ideas. [1/3 definitions] |
| deadwood |
unproductive persons or burdensome things that hinder the smooth function or progress of an enterprise. [1/2 definitions] |
| diktat |
a burdensome, punishing settlement imposed on a defeated party by the victors. [1/2 definitions] |
| disburden |
to unload or relieve (someone or something) of anything burdensome; take a burden from. [1/3 definitions] |
| disembarrass |
to rid or free (someone) from something embarrassing, frustrating, burdensome, or the like; relieve. |
| Godiva |
an eleventh-century English noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry to win relief for the people from a burdensome tax; Lady Godiva. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| oppression |
harsh, unfair, burdensome acts or demands by a government or other authority. [1/3 definitions] |
| oppressive |
extremely unpleasant; burdensome; depressing. [1/2 definitions] |
| relieve |
to liberate from fear, anxiety, distress or other burdensome condition. [1/5 definitions] |
| riddance |
the act or fact of becoming free of or delivered from a burdensome person or thing. |
| tax |
a difficult or burdensome obligation; strain. [2/6 definitions] |
| taxing |
making heavy demands; burdensome. |
| troublesome |
difficult; burdensome; laborious. [1/2 definitions] |
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