verb
unjinx
Unjinx (verb) means to take away a curse or run of bad luck from someone or something.
verb
1
To take away a curse or run of bad luck from someone or something.
"I guess I thought that by being haphazard and isolated and gloomy, by doing the wedding ceremony all wrong, I was unjinxing the marriage, or at least freeing it up and freeing myself from becoming “a married woman.”"
— Lisa Carver, Desperado Housewife (2007)
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Etymology
Formed from un- and jinx.
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What is the meaning of unjinx?
"unjinx" (verb) means to take away a curse or run of bad luck from someone or something.