Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deconsecrate
1 sense of deconsecrate
Sense 1
desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate -- (remove the consecration from a person or an object)
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")
Antonyms of adj deconsecrated
1 sense of deconsecrated
Sense 1
deconsecrated -- (divested of consecration)
INDIRECT (VIA desecrated) -> consecrated, consecrate, dedicated -- (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II")
Similarity of adj deconsecrated
1 sense of deconsecrated
Sense 1
deconsecrated -- (divested of consecration)
=> desecrated (vs. consecrated) -- (treated with contempt; "many desecrated shrines and cemeteries")