undoing

1. 1.

   an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

   Broaderabout-face
2. 2.

   loosening the ties that fasten something

   “the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy”

   Synonymsuntyingunfastening

   Broaderloosening

Other forms of undoing

plural

undoings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about undoing

What does undoing mean?

undoing means "an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in undoing?

undoing has 3 syllables: un-do-ing. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ənˈduɪŋ/.

What is another word for undoing?

Close synonyms include untying, unfastening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is undoing a common word?

undoing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.