unburden

verb (used with object)

1. to free from a burden.
2. to relieve (one’s mind, conscience, etc.) by revealing or confessing something.
3. to cast off or get rid of, as a burden or something burdensome; disclose; reveal: He unburdened the worries that plagued him.

verb (tr)

1. to remove a load or burden from
2. to relieve or make free (one’s mind, oneself, etc) of a worry, trouble, etc, by revelation or confession

v.1530s, “to unload” (transitive), from un- (2) “reverse of” + burden (v.). Cf. German entbürden. Reflective sense is recorded from 1580s. Related: Unburdened; unburdening.