Also spelled disincumbrance
noun
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Meanings
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noun
freedom or release from an encumbrance, burden, debt, or legal claim
Paying the final mortgage brought the estate's complete disencumbrance.
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Etymology
From dis- plus encumbrance, on the model of disencumber, 'to free from a burden.' Encumber entered English through Anglo-French from a word for an obstruction or dam. Disincumbrance reflects the historical in- spelling of incumbrance; modern dictionaries treat disencumbrance as a variant of disencumberment.