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defrock

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of defrock

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget

Synonyms of defrock

depose, deprive, dethrone, displace, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Words Related to defrock

can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack

overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms of defrock

baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest

appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms of defrock

crown, enthrone, throne

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