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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.
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Undoing
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verb (used with object), -did, -done, -do·ing.
1.
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
2.
to do away with; erase; efface: to undo the havoc done by the storm.
3.
to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy: In the end his lies undid him.
4.
to unfasten by releasing: to undo a gate; to undo a button.
5.
EXPANDto untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
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Word Origin & History
undo
O.E. undon "to unfasten and open" (a window or door), "to unfasten by releasing from a fixed position," from un- (2) + do. Undone "not accomplished" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "destroyed" is recorded from mid-14c.; the notion is of "to annul something
EXPANDthat was done." Undoing "action of bringing to ruin" is recorded from late 14c.
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