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ungrace en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- (“not; lack of”) + grace.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.
   • However, as costly as grace is, ungrace costs more. 2005, Dee Brestin, Woman of Purpose:
   • There is the contract between ungrace religion and a spirituality that is grace and compassion. 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:
   • The evil ungraces of the wicked Devil are thus called in Latin speech: […] 1830, Henry Soames, Inquiry Into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church:
   • Every institution, it seems, runs on ungrace and its insistence that we earn our way. 2009, Philip Yancey, Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ungraces	Number=Plur		lexicographic

ungrace en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- (reversal prefix) + grace.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To undo or remove grace; render grace ineffective; make ungraceful or ungracious.
   • 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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
ungraces	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
ungraced	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ungraced	Tense=Past		lexicographic
ungracing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic