unbind
[verb]
Synonyms: loose, disengage, undo, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen, free, discharge, emancipate, liberate, loosen, manumit, release, unchain, unshackle

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Antonyms: bind

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unbind verb trans. [ʌn'bʌɪnd] Infl. as BIND verb; pa. t. & pple usu. unbound [ʌn'baʊnd].
[Old English unbindan, formed as UN-² + BIND verb. Cf. UNBINDING.]
1. Release (as) from a bond or binding; free from restraint. OE.
■ Sir W. Scott He unbound his horse from the tree.
b. Set (a person) free by this action; deliver. Formerly also spec., absolve from sin. OE.
■ Shelley They bore me to a cavern in the hill..and unbound me there.
c. transf. Loosen, open up or out. L16.

2. Undo (a bond etc.); unfasten, unwind. OE.
■ T. F. Powys The clergyman..unbound the wire.
b. fig. Dissolve, undo, destroy. ME.

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