undoing
noun
- to reverse or annul
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing.
- The act of loosening or unfastening
- Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.
“In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.”
“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.”
- Annulment; reversal
verb
Etymology: From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English undōnde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andadōndz, present participle of *andadōną (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”).
- present participle and gerund of undo