unweigh

Verb

unweigh (third-person singular simple present unweighs, present participle unweighing, simple past and past participle unweighed)

1. (transitive) To shift weight off of or to have the weight shifted off of.
   • Unweigh your stopping foot and turn it to an angle on the ice to produce a skid, and thus a stop.1996, Karin Künzle-Watson, Stephen J. DeArmond, Ice Skating: Steps to Success, page 56
   • Each hip unweighs as a result of the arm finishing its work and briefly acts as floating support until the next moving support is established .2008, Nicholas Romanov, John Robson, The Pose Method of Triathlon Techniques
2. (transitive) To lift (an anchor) so that it no longer holds something in place.
   • He gave the order to unweigh the anchor.2018, Richard H. Stephens, Soul Forge, page 255
3. (transitive) To relieve from a burden.
   • Alaska would get more money and the oil companies would get more money, but I am quite sure the Japanese are not going to unweigh the system.1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, Extension and Revision of the Export Administration Act of 1969, page 93
   • However, he cannot bear the burden on his own deeds and seeks to unweigh his conscience onto other's shoulders .1980, Gaston Roberge, Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible: An Analysis, page 98
4. (transitive) To discount from serious consideration.
   • I arrived at that conclusion because I considered that this thing was inaugurated by men like the honorable member for South Bourke (Mr. Crews), who had not properly weighed their own convictions, or who, having weighed them, were willing to unweigh them on certain considerations.1869, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 9, page 1922
   • I don't believe any problem is so complex that it requires a great amount of time contemplating, weighing and unweighing all of these problems.1977, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Marine Mammals, page 72