disembarrassment

noun

Freedom or relief from embarrassment.

Opposite
embarrassment
OriginEnglish embarrassment ← French embarrasser ← Spanish embarazar →
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Meanings

noundisembarrassment (usually uncountable, plural disembarrassments)

plural disembarrassments

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyFreedom or relief from embarrassment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomething that extricates you from embarrassment

Opposite
embarrassment
Broader
easingmoderationrelief

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Akkadian𒆟 (rakāsum)
  11. Akkadian𒄙 (markasu)
  12. Classical Syriacܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)
  13. Arabicمَرَسَة (marasa)
  14. Old Galician-Portuguesebaraço
  15. Old Galician-Portugueseembaraçar
  16. Old Spanishembaraçar
  17. Spanishembarazar
  18. Frenchembarrasser
  19. Englishembarrass
  20. Englishembarrassment
  21. Englishdisembarrassment

From dis- + embarrassment.

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APA

disembarrassment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarrassment

MLA

“disembarrassment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarrassment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disembarrassment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarrassment.

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