I was standing by Maurice von Lynar, undoing the cord from his neck. It was in one of these abductions that he worked his own undoing. The very dreaming of the scientific imagination is its undoing. Two other legends may be noticed on the mode of undoing the spell.
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Undo an action. Press Ctrl+Z or click (Undo) in the ribbon until you've fixed your mistake. You can't undo some actions, such as clicking commands on the File tab or saving a file. If you can't undo an action, the Undo command is dimmed.
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Undoing (psychology) Undoing is a defense mechanism in which a person tries to 'undo' an unhealthy, destructive or otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior. For example, after thinking about being violent with someone, one would then be overly nice or accommodating to them.
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Etymology: ME, un + AS, don. the performance of a specific action that is intended to negate in part a previous action or communication. According to some psychologists, undoing is related to the magical thinking of childhood. For example, a spouse brings home flowers after having a lunchtime affair with another person.
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You can't undo some actions, such as clicking commands on the File tab or saving a file. If you can't undo an action, the Undo command changes to Can't Undo. To undo several actions at the same time, click the arrow next to Undo , select the actions in the list that you want to undo, and then click the list.
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un·do·ing. Use undoing in a sentence. the act of opening, untying, etc. a reversal of the doing of something done or accomplished; canceling or annulling. the act of bringing to ruin, disgrace, or destruction. the cause or source of ruin, disgrace, or destruction.
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Undoing the silver clasps, he opened the volume, and took from among its black-letter pages a rose, or what was once a rose, though now the green leaves and crimson petals had assumed one brownish hue, and the ancient flower seemed ready to crumble to dust in the doctor's hands.
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Use undoing in a sentence. 1  the act of opening, untying, etc. 2  a reversal of the doing of something done or accomplished; canceling or annulling. 3  the act of bringing to ruin, disgrace, or destruction.  the cause or source of ruin, disgrace, or destruction.
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She fooled us in this way for three years and we never found her out, but as time wore on and she was now in her fourth year, one of her maids who knew what she was doing told us, and we caught her in the act of undoing her work, so she had to finish it whether she would or no. View in context.
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Undoing is performing an act to 'undo' a previous unacceptable act or thought. It is often a form of apology, although it may not include the actual act of saying that you are sorry. Confession is a form of undoing, including that done in a church to a priest or a secret admission to a close friend. An act or communication which partially negates a previous one. Examples: (1) two close friends have a violent argument; when they next meet, each act as if the disagreement had never occurred.
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what is undoing
Undoing is a defense mechanism in which a person tries to 'undo' an unhealthy, destructive or otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior.