Burden and Good

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Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Good and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Good" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Good noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.

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Burden and good are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

old	old burden	old good
particular	particular burden	particular good
direct	direct burden	direct good
complete	complete burden	complete good
Other adjectives: actual, real, great, main, useless, social, greater.

But what also makes him good is that he wants no one to carry his burden, and doesn't them to be corrupted by the ring.

Source: Neutral Good
Luke, the protagonist of Tales of the Abyss, spends a good portion of the game being a whiny, self-absorbed burden on the party (even if he does hold his own in battle).

Source: Blaming the Railroaded Player Character
They may also believe it's important that the good guy has one less stressor or burden to deal with due to their good deeds, whether they know it or not.

Source: Hospitality for Heroes

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