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Undoing

/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/

The act of loosening or unfastening

📖 Definitions of "Undoing"

noun

1
The act of loosening or unfastening
2
Ruin; defeat, that which causes defeat or ruin.
"His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself."
3
Annulment; reversal

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
untyingnoun	The act by which something is untied.
unfasteningnoun	loosening the ties that fasten something

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
untyingnoun	The act by which something is untied.
unfasteningnoun	loosening the ties that fasten something
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
annullingnoun	An annulment.
destructionnoun	The act of destroying.
downfallnoun	A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
lossnoun	(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
ruinationnoun	The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
ruinnoun	To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
nullifyingnoun	The act or process by which something is nullified.
lost	In an unknown location; unable to be found.
rollbacknoun	A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
overrideverb	(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
correctionnoun	The act of correcting.
voidnoun	Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
abortverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
abortingverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
cancellingverb	(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
unbucklingverb	The act of unfastening a buckle.