unescape

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ escape.

Verb

unescape (third-person singular simple present unescapes, present participle unescaping, simple past and past participle unescaped)

1. (programming) To reverse the escaping of a string.
   • 2006, Richard Leggett et al., Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices, →ISBN, page 76:

     Hopefully, the possibilities afforded by escaping and unescaping strings are now becoming clear.