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")

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