unspring

verb — 2 senses

unspring

verb

Etymology From un- + spring.

1

Ambitransitive To release or be released by means of a spring.

There was a click and the unspringing of a latch.2010, Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, Gift with Purchase:

2

To undo the springing of (a mechanism).

to unspring a trap

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