exonerare (Livy and post-Augustan; PROP. and figuratively; e.g., conscientiam suam, Curt., ; se, Curt.; quae tantum amicis committenda sunt, in quaslibet aures exonerant, Sen., Ep., 3). To unburden one’s self or one’s mind of anything (i. e., to tell anybody what is on one’s mind), denudare alicui aliquid (Liv.); detegere alicui aliquid (e.g., intimos suos affectus, Sen.); aperire (e.g., secreta pectoris, Tac.): patefacere se totum alicui. Vid: exonerare, above.