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Antonyms for encumbrance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-kuhm-bruh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm brəns



Definition of encumbrance

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French encombrance, from encombrer (see encumber).
  • noun burden
Example sentences :
  • To Mrs. Beaufort a rival, to Mr. Beaufort an encumbrance on the property.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The line between an encumbrance and a purpose is not very clearly defined, is it?
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The safest plan is to ascend them without too heavy an encumbrance of theories.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • I will take upon myself the convincing of the encumbrance to that effect.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • They are often an embarrassment and an encumbrance to it rather than a help.
  • Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
  • It is conveniently arranged, and you soon forget it as an encumbrance.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" » by John MacGregor
  • So we carried merely our baskets—which were encumbrance enough—and what we had in our pockets.
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • Our knapsacks—were we going into action with their encumbrance?
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 » by Various
  • Euripides considered these athletes an encumbrance on the State.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott
  • Strange indeed that time should be an encumbrance to a sage!
  • Extract from : « The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 » by Various

Synonyms for encumbrance

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