Sentence:  The forthright adolescent heroine of that book, wanting to know what is this thing “love” so vaunted in fiction and so warned against by her elders, hires a strapping young peasant to <WSD>disembarrass</WSD> her of her virginity. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To get (someone) out of a difficult or embarrassing situation; to free (someone) from the embarrassment ("of" a situation); to relieve (someone "of" a burden, item of clothing, etc.) ("often used reflexively").