UNLATCHING Antonyms

• attracting or delighting

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• the act of fastening things together

• the act of locking something up to protect it

• the act of treating something to make it repel water

• the act of closing something

• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

• the act of grasping

• hold firmly and tightly

• fasten with or as if with a brooch

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• grasp firmly

• spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

• catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

• fasten with a latch

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens