Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of being unencumbered.
In their late thirties they’d decided not to have children, which at the time seemed like a sensible way to avoid unnecessary complications and heartbreak, and this decision had lent their lives a certain ease that he’d always appreciated, a sense of blissful unencumbrance.
2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 267Synonyms: burdenlessness, freedom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being unencumbered.
Origin
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unencumbrance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unencumbrance
“unencumbrance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unencumbrance. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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