What does incumbrance mean?
Incumbrance means Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)..
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/ɪnˈkʌm.bɹəns/ · noun
Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)..
I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.
a widow without incumbrances (i.e. without children)
Use incumbrance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incumbrance means Alternative form of encumbrance (“that which encumbers”)..
Common synonyms include onus, hitch, encumbrance, load.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was then lying at length upon that very couch, the scene of Mr. H . . .'s polite joys, in an undress which was with all the art of negligence flowing loose, and in a most tempting disorder: no stay, no hoop . . . no incumbrance whatever.
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