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unhanging

unhanging is the present participle and gerund of unhang.

Meaning of unhang

Verb (1)

unhang (third-person singular simple present unhangs, present participle unhanging, simple past and past participle unhung)

  1. (transitive) To take down something (such as a picture) from a hanging position

Verb (2)

unhang (third-person singular simple present unhangs, present participle unhanging, simple past and past participle unhanged)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the execution of (a person) by hanging.
    • There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.1839, The Christian Observer, volume 38, page 585

Questions about unhanging

What is unhanging the present participle and gerund of?
Unhanging is the present participle and gerund of unhang.

Words near unhanging in the dictionary

  1. unhandsomest
  2. unhandy
  3. unhang
  4. unhangable
  5. unhanged
  6. unhanging
  7. unhangs
  8. unhap
  9. unhaphazard
  10. unhaphazardly
  11. unhappen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhanging (page history and authors); unhang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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