Unbrace: alternatives and connections

To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.

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To make loose; to loosen; to set free.

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To loosen; to unloose.

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To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

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To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.