unlocking
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unlocking
noun unlockings
- gerund of unlock: the act by which something is unlocked. She had heard him, more than once, lock something up in one of the rooms—come out, and go into another room—wait there a few minutes—then return to the first room, with his keys in hand—and sharply turn the locks, and turn them again. […] [I]t was just as probable that these comings and goings, thes
verb
- present participle and gerund of unlock
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Closest in meaning: unsecured, unbarred, unbolted, unfastened, unlatched, unblocking, unblock, unveiling, releasing, release, freeing, liberating, liberate, breaking, lockdown, easing
Talk about this word "unlocking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unlocking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unlocking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unlocking "unlocking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unlocking.Cite this
@misc{unlocking_2026,
title = {unlocking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unlocking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
