unbind
verb
un·bind ˌən-ˈbīnd 
unbound ˌən-ˈbau̇nd ; unbinding
; unbinding transitive verb
1
: to remove a band from : free from fastenings : untie, unfasten
2
: to set free : release
Synonyms
- undo
- unfasten
- unlash
- untie
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Example Sentences
She managed to unbind her hands. a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners
Recent Examples on the Web Lazarus had been dead four days, wrapped in a burial shroud and enclosed in a tomb, when Jesus instructed his followers to unbind him from his burial cloths. 
Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets. Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020 Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound. Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020 His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019 The other frontier unbound by international law is space. Melissa K. Chan, Time, 13 Sep. 2019 Its vistas, forests and canyons are branded in the nation’s imagination, an expanse where the soul is unbound across 450 million acres of public lands. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019 The metal can unbind from sentiment in low oxygen areas, creating foul-smelling, yellow water, that’s expensive to treat. Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019 The thought of bringing AI into an area where, by its very definition, the problem is unbound was really intriguing. Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 19 June 2018 See More
Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets. Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020 Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound. Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020 His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019 The other frontier unbound by international law is space. Melissa K. Chan, Time, 13 Sep. 2019 Its vistas, forests and canyons are branded in the nation’s imagination, an expanse where the soul is unbound across 450 million acres of public lands. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019 The metal can unbind from sentiment in low oxygen areas, creating foul-smelling, yellow water, that’s expensive to treat. Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019 The thought of bringing AI into an area where, by its very definition, the problem is unbound was really intriguing. Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 19 June 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
unbind
verb
un·bind ˌən-ˈbīnd
unbound
-ˈbau̇nd
; unbinding 1
: to remove a band from : untie
2
: to set free
unbinding 1 of 2
noun
as in untying
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- untying
- unfettering
- unfastening
- untieing
- detaching
- liberation
- disengaging
- emancipation
- freedom
- parting
- separation
- release
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bond
- tie
- cement
- cord
- connection
- union
- knot
- attachment
- ligature
- link
- linkage
- fastening
- yoke
- joint
- hookup
- nexus
- affection
- sympathy
- tie-up
- fondness
- linkup
unbinding
2 of 2verb
1
as in undoing
to disengage the knotted parts of unbind a rope Synonyms & Similar Words
- untying
- undoing
- loosening
- unfastening
- untieing
- unraveling
- unwinding
- unlashing
- unlacing
- disentangling
- unbraiding
- raveling
- untangling
- unsnarling
- ravelling
- loosing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- binding
- tying
- fastening
- lashing
- winding
- knotting
- braiding
- interlacing
- tieing
- entangling
- lacing
- snarling
- interweaving
- tangling
2
as in freeing
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners Synonyms & Similar Words
- freeing
- liberating
- releasing
- loosening
- unfettering
- emancipating
- uncaging
- rescuing
- unchaining
- saving
- manumitting
- enfranchising
- springing
- loosing
- discharging
- enlarging
- turning loose
- disenthralling
- disenthraling
- disentangling
- unshackling
- disengaging
- extricating
- ransoming
- redeeming
- paroling
- disencumbering
- delivering
- disembarrassing
- bailing (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- binding
- restraining
- confining
- fettering
- shackling
- handcuffing
- locking (up)
- enchaining
- imprisoning
- committing
- jailing
- incarcerating
- subjugating
- enslaving
- trammelling
- conquering
- subduing
- manacling
- trammeling
- interning
- immuring