unhaunt

Etymology

From un- + haunt.

unhaunt means To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.

Why this word is great

UNHAUNT — [Verb] To free from a haunting influence, as of a ghost or spirit; to exorcise. From the English prefix un- (expressing reversal or removal) and the verb haunt (meaning to inhabit or visit as a ghost). Unlike "exorcise," which implies a formal, adversarial rite against a malevolent entity, or "cleanse," which suggests a broad scouring of impurity, to unhaunt is a quieter, secular act of reclamation. It is opening every cupboard door to let in the flat, neutral light; it is methodically repainting the water-stain that looked like a face; it is the stubborn decision that the creak on the stair is just a creak—the gentle, mundane labor of convincing a space to forget its own story and become merely a room again.

verb

To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.“Jordsvin finds himself called upon by people outside his religion to use his trance-journeying abilities to 'unhaunt houses'.”