consecrate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONSECRATE

to keep or intend for a special purpose <a philanthropist who consecrated his considerable fortune to an array of charitable causes>

Synonyms allocate, consecrate, dedicate, earmark, give up (to), reserve, save, set by

Related Words bless, hallow, sanctify; commit, confide, consign, entrust (also intrust); apply, bestow, employ, use

Near Antonyms ignore, neglect; misapply, misuse

to make holy through prayers or ritual <plans to consecrate the altar in the new church with great ceremony>

Synonyms consecrate, hallow, sacralize, sanctify

Related Words baptize, canonize, spiritualize; chasten, cleanse, lustrate, purify; exorcise (also exorcize), expurgate; commit, dedicate, devote; reconsecrate

Near Antonyms defile, desecrate, profane; dirty, foul, pollute, soil, taint, violate; blaspheme, curse, cuss, damn, execrate; cast out, condemn, damn, punish

Antonyms deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctify

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