un-grieve

verb

un-grieve

verb

Etymology From un- + grieve.

1

To stop or cause to stop grieving because the cause of grief is removed.

  • God was deeply grieved and there was no one to un-grieve Him quickly enough.2012, Dr. Joseph Luxum, War in a Bottle:
  • They've grieved you for years and now they're being asked to un-grieve you, and, sadly, that just isn't something that very many people understand because, well, it's never been a possibility before now.2014, John Corey Whaley, Noggin:
1 more example
  • “Mind telling me what you were doing?” “I needed to un-grieve God.”2017, W. Franklin Lattimore, Behind the Darkness:

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