untying
Undoing a bow
Untying is the act of undoing a knot or fastening: She was untying her shoelaces when the phone rang.
The word extends to releasing anything bound or secured: untying a boat from the dock.
Figuratively, untying can mean freeing from constraints or resolving complications: untying the knots of bureaucracy.
Reduce tension or grip
- unfastenRelease from attachment
- unbindTo release from bonds
- detachTo separate from
- unhookRelease from a curved fastener
unclasp · unravel · unstrap · unlatch · unpin · untangle · disentangle · unknot
Finding the answer
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- disentanglingSeparating intertwined things
- working outPhysical fitness activity
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
mystery · complication · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · gridlock · bottleneck · snag
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- escapeFlight from captivity
unchaining · unshackling · unbinding · unfettering · unleashing · extrication · disentanglement · breaking free
To let go
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- reliefEasing of distress
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- freeingReleasing from confinement
loosening · relaxation · ease · lightness · decompression · catharsis · surrender · detachment
loosen
Reduce tension or grip
unhook · unclasp · unravel · unstrap · unlatch · unpin · untangle · disentangle · unknot · unwrap
solving
Finding the answer
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- disentanglingSeparating intertwined things
- working outPhysical fitness activity
puzzle · mystery · complication · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · gridlock · bottleneck · snag · hitch
freedom
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
escape · unchaining · unshackling · unbinding · unfettering · unleashing · extrication · disentanglement · breaking free · letting go
release
To let go
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- reliefEasing of distress
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
freeing · loosening · relaxation · ease · lightness · decompression · catharsis · surrender · detachment · moving on
knot
Tied rope fastening
strings · cords · ribbons · straps · threads · loops · tangles · snarls · twine · fastenings
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
- Shabbat prohibitionsplowing, sowing, reaping, threshing, winnowing
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- hand actionsgrabbing, grasping, gripping, holding, pinching
- opening actionsopen, opening, unlock, unlocking, unlatch
- separatingseparating, detaching, disconnecting, dividing, splitting