unclasp
- v release from a clasp
She clasped and unclasped her hands
- Anyone who found his mind wandering was supposed to unclasp his hands as a signal, whereupon a waiting monk gave him three sharp thwacks with a stick.
- After all, no federal authority is likely to call out the troops to take the Bible out of a teacher's hand or order children to unclasp theirs.
- This time he was told that he would not be able to unclasp his hands until the psychiatrist touched his head.