Associations to the word «Unfastening»

Wiktionary

UNFASTEN, verb. (transitive) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
UNFASTEN, verb. (intransitive) To come untied or unloosed.

Dictionary definition

UNFASTEN, verb. Cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt".
UNFASTEN, verb. Become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats