The action of opening, unfastening, taking apart, loosening, etc.

Loosening.

The making or rendering loose in a socket or the like; the untying (of a knot). Obsolete.

The relaxation or undoing of any tie, bond, or binding power; the dissolving of a connection, union, etc. (Cf. dissolve, v. 10 11.)

The action or process of unlock, v. (in various senses); (also occasionally) an instance of this.

The action of unloose, v. (in various senses); an act or instance of this.

The action of loosen, v. in various senses.

The action of the verb in various senses.

The action of the verb.

A loosening, an unbinding. rare.

†(a) the action of loosening a nail by prising up the point, when this has been bent over or flattened to secure it; earliest in attributive use (obs…

(a) the action of loosening a nail by prising up the point, which has been bent over or flattened to secure it (now rare); (b) the action of…

Medicine. A resolution, relaxation, or loosening of something. rare.