unhaunt

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verb

To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbunhaunt (third-person singular simple present unhaunts, present participle unhaunting, simple past and past participle unhaunted)

present singular third person unhaunts · participle present unhaunting · participle past unhaunted · past unhaunted

  1. transitiveTo free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.

    I'm saying that we shouldn't try to unhaunt the classroom. But we should be able to appease whatever is in there and upset.

    2019, William Alexander, A Festival of Ghosts, page 54
    1 more example

    Jordsvin finds himself called upon by people outside his religion to use his trance-journeying abilities to 'unhaunt houses'.

    2003, Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic, page 37

Origin

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

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Chicago

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

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