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Definition of UNLOCK

to set free (from a state of being held in check) <that last insult unlocked her tongue, and she finally said what she really thought>

Synonyms loose, loosen, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen

Related Words discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackle; air, express, take out, vent

Near Antonyms handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; bind, confine, enchain, fetter; halter, hamper

Antonyms bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame