UNDOING


Meaning of UNDOING in English

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of undon to undo — more at undo

1. : loosing , unfastening

2.

a. : a bringing to naught : destruction , ruin

cocaine … leads to his complete undoing by destroying his mental equipment — A.C.Morrison

b. : a cause of ruin

a redhead who was to prove my undoing — C.C.Wertenbaker

3. : the reversal, cancellation, or annulment of something done : reinstatement of a condition existing previous to some act or accomplishment

would settle for nothing less than the complete undoing of his country's calamitous defeat and humiliation

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.