Debase and Sanctify

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Debase verb - To lower in character, dignity, or quality.

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Sanctify is an antonym for debase.

Nearby Words: debasement, debasing

Sanctify verb - To free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially.

Usage example: received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace

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Debase is an antonym for sanctify.

Nearby Words: sanctified, sanctity, sanctifying

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Sanctify and Debase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/debase/sanctify

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