disrobing

Taking it off

Disrobing is the act of removing clothing, especially in a formal or deliberate way.

The word carries a slightly ceremonial tone—a judge disrobes after court, a model disrobes for an artist.

It sounds more dignified than "undressing" and less clinical than "removing garments": The doctor asked me to disrobe behind the curtain.

undressing

undressing

Removing one's clothing

unclothingRemoving worn garments
baringRemoving a concealment
uncoveringRevealing something hidden

shedding · doffing · unbuttoning · unzipping · removing · peeling off · nightgown · bathrobe · pajamas · lingerie

metaphorical

revealing

Making known what's hidden

exposureState of being unprotected
unveilingAct of first revealing
vulnerabilityOpenness to harm

laying bare · unmasking · transparency · authenticity · raw · defenseless · openness · honesty · pretense · facade

ritual

ceremonial

Relating to formal rites

vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
defrockingExpelling clergy from ministry
liturgicalOf public worship rites

priestly · monastic · renunciation · degradation · cassock · habit · regalia · investiture

Categories

MahabharataMahabharata, Krishna, dice game, battle scenes, assembly hall
undressingundressing, taking off, getting undressed, removing, shedding
nakednessnaked, nude, nudity, nakedness, bare
screen intimacynude scene, sex scene, love scene, nudity, bedroom scene
exposuresun exposure, light exposure, cold exposure, heat exposure, UV exposure
VinayaVinaya, precepts

Opposites

clothing action

disrobingdressing

Sauce for salads

robing · clothing · attiring · getting dressed · putting on clothes

bodily exposure

disrobingcovering up

Hiding wrongdoing from others

concealing · veiling · wrapping up · cloaking · draping

Family

robe, disrobe, robed, stripping, disrobed, disrobes

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