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Unbind

//ʌnˈbaɪnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take bindings off. transitive
  2. 2
    untie or unfasten wordnet
  3. 3
    To set free from a debt, contract or promise. figuratively, transitive
  4. 4
    To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding. transitive

    "Unbinds the specified key from a command"

Etymology

From Middle English unbinden, from Old English unbindan, onbindan (“to unbind; untie”), from Proto-West Germanic *andabindan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną, equivalent to un- + bind. Cognate with Dutch ontbinden, German entbinden, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (andbindan).

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