Definition of "unloose" []

• To unfasten; untie. (verb-transitive)
• To set free from or as if from restraints. (verb-transitive)
• To relax: unloosed my grip on the handlebars. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If there is a vulture whose claws are hard to unloose from the vitals of the spirit, I think it is jealousy."
• "Mr. Baxter makes an acute connection between meanness and the raw pleasure it can unloose."
• "She oozes over the crunk fireworks display that is "Ribbon" (my personal favorite), "You make me feel so unloose.""