un-grieve

English

Alternative forms

• ungrieve

Etymology

un- +‎ grieve

Verb

un-grieve (third-person singular simple present un-grieves, present participle un-grieving, simple past and past participle un-grieved)

1. To stop or cause to stop grieving because the cause of grief is removed.
   • 2012, Dr. Joseph Luxum, War in a Bottle:

     God was deeply grieved and there was no one to un-grieve Him quickly enough.

   • 2014, John Corey Whaley, Noggin:

     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.

   • 2017, W. Franklin Lattimore, Behind the Darkness:

     “Mind telling me what you were doing?” “I needed to un-grieve God.”