unbind

What it means

1. transitiveTo take bindings off.
2. figurativelytransitiveTo set free from a debt, contract or promise.
3. transitivecomputingTo disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.

   Unbinds the specified key from a command

   2013, Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes, page 23

In a sentence

Unbinds the specified key from a command

2013, Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes, page 23

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Germanic*andabindaną
2. Proto-West Germanic*andabindan
3. Old Englishunbindan
4. Middle Englishunbinden
5. Englishunbind

From Middle English unbinden, from Old English unbindan, onbindan (“to unbind; untie”), from Proto-West Germanic *andabindan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną, equivalent to un- + bind. Cognate with Dutch ontbinden, German entbinden, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (andbindan).