deconsecrate v 1: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: {desecrate}, {unhallow}, {deconsecrate}] [ant: {bless}, {consecrate}, {hallow}, {sanctify}]
Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\ (d[-e]*k[o^]n"s[-e]*kr[=a]t), v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- {De*con`se*cra"tion}, n. [1913 Webster]