The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word UNWINDS
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What does UNWINDS mean?
UNWINDS noun- Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.
- To separate (something that is wound up)
- To disentangle
- To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress
- To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- To undo something.
- To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.