🔌 To disconnect earth 😊 To lift a punishment ⚡ Not earthed 🌶️ Whole, not crushed

to unground

1 8.8

Allow a child to go out again after being punished at home

verb
/ʌnˈɡraʊnd/

Informal

: levantar el castigo

My mom ungrounded me for good behavior, allowing me to go out with my friends again.

Examples

I talked to Emily and ungrounded her.

Overboard (2018)
After her punishment for missing curfew, her parents decided to unground her so she could attend the party.
I'm sorry, baby, but you did unilaterally unground him.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
I'm ungrounding you.

Mulberry Street (2006)
I'm ungrounding her.

Johnny Be Good (1988)
The teacher said she would unground the students after they completed their assignments.

How Restricted

to confine

215 4.2

to ground

107 5.8

to restrict

361 3.1

to unground

Informal

1 8.8

to allow

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unground infinitive

ungrounded past

ungrounded past participle

ungrounding present participle

ungrounds third person singular

Morphology

unground = ground (transparent) = un + ground

A direct negative formation from the verb 'ground' (to punish by restriction); 'un-' indicates removal of that restriction.

Etymology

The verb unground is formed from un- ('remove') and ground ('to keep someone at home as a punishment' or 'be grounded'), so to unground someone is to lift the punishment and let them go out again.