untyingn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈtaɪɪŋ/ The action of the verb.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun]
undoinga1425
leesingc1440
loosing1482
dissolution1548
unlocking1568
unloosing1578
loosening1598
unbinding1598
untying1598
abstriction1650
unclenching1688
unclinching1688
apoptosis1749
unreeving1775
unloosening1793
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > dénouement
untying1598
unravelling1606
discovery1668
unravelment1705
dénouement1752
resolution1846
pay-off1947
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 45 b/2 Concerninge the vntyinge [of a bandage].
a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 274 in Wks. (1640) III Nor must the Fable..have a god come in; except a knot Worth his untying happen there.
1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy vii. 55 The non observance of it by the King did not amount to an untying of the bond of subjection in the people.
1668 J. Dryden Ess. (1900) I. 86 For the contrivance of the plot, 'tis..withal easy; for the..untying of it, 'tis so admirable, that [etc.].
a1844 T. Campbell How Delicious (song) i When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvii. 131 Tess..was one of those who best combined strength with quickness in untying.
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