burden

Meanings

• an onerous or difficult concern
  • "the burden of responsibility"
• weight to be borne or conveyed
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
• weight down with a load
• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Synonyms

burthen, charge, core, effect, encumbrance, essence, gist, incumbrance, load, loading, onus, saddle, weight, weight down