0 the action of something that was wrapped tightly around itself becoming straight: --
1 the act of showing a film on a screen: --
"The Ten Commandments," half a century after its creation, still gets a regular prime-time network unspooling.
The novel is more than another unspooling of life in the Hollywood shark-tank.
Her grandmother's reaction to that telephone call sparked the gradual unspooling of a long-held family secret.
2 the process of something becoming less strong or less under control: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.