undamn

Etymology

From un- + damn.

undamn means to undo the damning of; to free from damnation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

UNDAMN — [Verb] To reverse or nullify a state of damnation; to free from condemnation or spiritual ruin. From the English prefix un- (expressing reversal) and the verb damn, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre ("to condemn, doom"). Unlike "redeem," which implies a costly transaction of atonement, or "absolve," which suggests a declarative release from guilt, to undamn is a more surgical, paradoxical act: the quiet retraction of an eternal sentence. It is the erasure of a name from an infernal ledger, the sudden cessation of a fire that had burned for eons, and the sound of a cosmic lock clicking open from the inside—a pardon so profound it suggests that even judgment can know regret.

verb

To undo the damning of; to free from damnation.“At one point he had jestingly called himself a case worker for the potentially damnable. Now it appeared there might be case workers in Hell trying to undamn its souls.”