unyoke

From Middle English unyoken, from Old English unġeocian (“to unyoke”), equivalent to un- +‎ yoke.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈjəʊk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈjoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

unyoke (third-person singular simple present unyokes, present participle unyoking, simple past and past participle unyoked)

1. (transitive) To release something from a yoke or harness.
2. (transitive) To disconnect, unlink.
3. (transitive) To liberate, deliver from oppression.
4. (intransitive) To unyoke an animal.
5. (intransitive) To cease from labour.

• abjugate

• unyoked

• “unyoke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.