unwind

intransitive verb

To reverse the winding or twisting of.

intransitive verb

To separate the tangled parts of; disentangle.

intransitive verb

To free (someone) of nervous tension or pent-up energy.

intransitive verb

To become unwound.

intransitive verb

To become free of nervous tension; relax.

To wind off; loose or separate, as what is wound or convolved; set free or loose: as, to unwind thread or a ball.

To disentangle; free from entanglement.

To admit of being unwound; become unwound: as, a skein that unwinds easily.

intransitive verb

To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

transitive verb

To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine.