Definition of "unwinding" []

• Present participle of unwind. (verb)

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• "(Putin has spent much of his term unwinding the holdings of  the oligarchs, and arresting them)."
• "We could see some short term unwinding, but that will give investors a better level to sell."
• "The Obama administration is eager to begin unwinding the extraordinary rescue of GM that took place after the financial crisis even as doubts remain that the government will ever fully recover the $50 billion of taxpayer money spent on the firm's bailout."