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ungrace
ungrace
English
Noun
ungrace (plural ungraces)
- The lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.
- 1830, Henry Soames, Inquiry Into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church:
- The evil ungraces of the wicked Devil are thus called in Latin speech: [...]
- 2005, Dee Brestin, Woman of Purpose:
- However, as costly as grace is, ungrace costs more.
- 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:
- There is the contract between ungrace religion and a spirituality that is grace and compassion.
- 2009, Philip Yancey, Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?:
- Every institution, it seems, runs on ungrace and its insistence that we earn our way.
- 1830, Henry Soames, Inquiry Into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church:
Etymology 2
From un- (reversal prefix) + grace.
Verb
ungrace (third-person singular simple present ungraces, present participle ungracing, simple past and past participle ungraced)
- (transitive) To undo or remove grace; render grace ineffective; make ungraceful or ungracious.
- 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:
- It is another one of those experiences of ungracing the grace of God and putting boundaries, putting dogmas, putting creeds around the grace of God that ungraces the grace of God.
- 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde: