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Webster 1913 Edition


Undoing

Un-do′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The reversal of what has been done.
2.
Ruin.
“The utter undoing of some.”
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Undoing

UNDOING

,
ppr.
Reversing what has been done; ruining.

UNDOING

, n.
1.
The reversal of what has been done.
2.
Ruin; destruction.

Definition 2024


undoing

undoing

English

Noun

undoing (plural undoings)

  1. That which defeats.
    His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.
    • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
      So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing.

Translations

Verb

undoing

  1. present participle of undo