unblacklist

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verb

To remove (someone or something) from a blacklist.

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Meanings

verbunblacklist (third-person singular simple present unblacklists, present participle unblacklisting, simple past and past participle unblacklisted)

present singular third person unblacklists · participle present unblacklisting · participle past unblacklisted · past unblacklisted

  1. transitiveTo remove (someone or something) from a blacklist.

    “But he’s blacklisted.” ¶ “You can unblacklist him. You can denazify him, or whatever the hell it’s called. All you have to do is tell the worid that he never was a commie. Which he never was. You won’t even, for a change, have to lie.”

    1964, Don Robertson, A Flag Full of Stars, New York, N. Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 474

Origin

From un- + blacklist.

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APA

unblacklist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblacklist

MLA

“unblacklist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblacklist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unblacklist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblacklist.

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