unlocking

Noun

unlock (plural unlocks)

1. The act of unlocking something.
   • Unlike modern, automated prisons, each cell here was locked and unlocked manually with a large skeleton key. The first duty was to get a proper head count of each inmate, insuring each was alive. Once done, an unlock was conducted.1998, Steven Herberts, The Correctional Officer Inside Prisons, page 38
2. An initially hidden feature that is made available to reward the player for some achievement.
   • The other unlocks, like a grenade launcher or a sniper's steady ability, didn't fit into my playstyle.2012 October 11, Craig Pearson, “Hands On: Medal Of Honour Warfighter”, in Rock Paper Shotgun

   Synonyms:

   unlockable

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