noun
- An onerous or difficult concern.
- usage: "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
- synonyms: burden, load, incumbrance, onus
- A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage.
- synonyms: incumbrance
- Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
- synonyms: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, incumbrance, interference
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