Definitions for undoing

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undoing un·do·ing

Spelling: [uhn-doo-ing]

IPA: /ʌnˈdu ɪŋ/

Undoing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in undoing (dginnou).

Definitions for undoing

noun

1. the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
2. a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster.
3. a cause of destruction or ruin.
4. the act of unfastening or loosing.
5. Psychiatry. an unconscious defense mechanism through which an attempt is made to reverse a psychologically unacceptable act by doing its opposite, usually repetitiously, in order to relieve anxiety.

verb (used with object)

1. to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
2. to do away with; erase; efface:
3. to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy:
4. to unfasten by releasing:
5. to untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
6. to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
7. Archaic. to explain; interpret.

Origin of undoing

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at undo, -ing¹

Examples for undoing

Dear God… help us to help ourselves before we become our own undoing.

Having enmeshed him, she confidently left him to complete his own undoing.

He could not have chosen a more opportune time to confirm his own undoing.

And Friedman presents herself as undoing any destruction she's caused.

Boosting spending and undoing a chunk of the sequester is likely to have a bigger impact on the still-ailing job market.

He announced the undoing of what should have never been done.

It was the most violent day in the history of Ukraine since Soviet times and it proved to be the undoing of the Yanukovych regime.

Wherefore this caution against me, but (pardon me) for thine own undoing?

It is not the doing of a year; it is the undoing of the years.

Murphy cast one despairing glance about him and slouched to his undoing.