名詞

ungrace (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ungraces)

1. The lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.
   • 1830, Henry Soames, Inquiry Into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church:

     The evil ungraces of the wicked Devil are thus called in Latin speech: […]

   • 2005, Dee Brestin, Woman of Purpose:

     However, as costly as grace is, ungrace costs more.

   • 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:

     There is the contract between ungrace religion and a spirituality that is grace and compassion.

   • 2009, Philip Yancey, Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?:

     Every institution, it seems, runs on ungrace and its insistence that we earn our way.

語源 2

From un- (reversal prefix) +‎ grace.

動詞

ungrace (三人称単数 現在形 ungraces, 現在分詞 ungracing, 過去形および過去分詞形 ungraced)

1. (transitive) To undo or remove grace; render grace ineffective; make ungraceful or ungracious.
   • 2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:

     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.