unclasp
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (1)
- release from a clasp“She clasped and unclasped her hands”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Unclasp \Un*clasp"\ ([u^]n*kl[.a]sp"), v. t. [1st pref. un- + clasp.] To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened with, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp the hands; to unclasp one's heart. [1913 Webster]