unguard

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ guard.

Verb

unguard (third-person singular simple present unguards, present participle unguarding, simple past and past participle unguarded)

1. (transitive) To deprive of a guard
2. (transitive) to leave unprotected.
   • a. 1768, Laurence Sterne, sermon

     When the gay and smiling aspect of things has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus thoughtlessly unguarded

References

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