Deconsecrate (Verb)
Meaning
Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The church council decided to deconsecrate the old church building before it was sold for redevelopment.
- The loss of faith led her to deconsecrate the shrine she had built in her backyard.
- Their divorce was so bitter that they chose to deconsecrate the ring, returning it to its original state as a simple gold band.
- Due to its repeated desecration, the town decided to formally deconsecrate the once-revered monument.
- After the burial ground's relocation, the site was deconsecrate and the land repurposed for a public park.