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UNFASTENING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loosening the ties that fasten something

Example:

the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy

Synonyms:

undoing; unfastening; untying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unfastening" is a kind of...):

laxation; loosening (the act of making something less tight)

Derivation:

unfasten (become undone or untied)

unfasten (cause to become undone)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb unfasten

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