Unclench

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To loosen from a clenched position; relax: unclench one's fists.
  • verb-intransitive. To become unclenched.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to open (something that was clenched)
  • v. to relax, especially one's muscles
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. Same as unclinch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To open, or to force open, as the closed hand.
  • Word Usage
    "An Iranian theocratic regime had launched a bid for dominion in its region; Mr. Obama offered it an olive branch and waited for it to "unclench" its fist."
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