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noun

variants or untieing
as in unfastening

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verb

variants or untieing
present participle of untie
as in loosening
to disengage the knotted parts of she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes

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Recent Examples of untying
Verb
The Nationals took the lead for good in the seventh inning when rookie John Klein allowed a solo home run to Keibert Ruiz, untying a game that pinch hitter Josh Bell had knotted up a half-inning earlier. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untying
  1. parting
  2. unfastening
  3. loosening
  4. undoing
Noun
  • After parting ways with head coach Marin Sjögren and assistant coach Anders Jacobson, Karina Báez made her debut as interim coach for Chicago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Sources describe the parting as amicable, and Wyle doesn’t have immediate plans to sign with another talent agency.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of parting
Verb
  • Transforming the cabin from sitting to sleeping is a group effort that includes unpacking the ladder (usually stowed beneath the seats with the luggage), unfastening the upper bunks, and making the beds.
    — Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Definition of unfastening
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  • Even before this summer’s heat, the EU had begun loosening a number of its emissions targets and delaying the phaseout of gas and diesel vehicles, in an apparent effort to blunt the far right’s use of green policies as a campaign issue.
    — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The commemoration unfolded as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushes to expand Japan’s offensive military capabilities, raising questions about loosening postwar nonnuclear principles.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosening
Verb
  • For all its characteristic restraint and formal diligence, Killing Spree is a book that wants to make noise, to cut through the dead air with cries of grief and rage, undoing our own savage torpor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Bluntly, undoing two citywide votes on this basis is a democratic legitimacy problem.
    — Zack Defazio Farrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
Definition of undoing

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