sanctify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
render holy by means of religious rites
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
- reconsecrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- unhallow antonym
- sanctification derivation
- consecration derivation
- holy man derivation
- saint derivation
Sense 2 verb
make pure or free from sin or guilt
he left the monastery purified
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- spiritualise hyponym
- lustrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- purge derivation
- purgation derivation
- sanctification derivation
- apotheosis derivation
- holy man derivation
- sinlessness derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unhallow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanctification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consecration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holy man |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | saint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconsecrate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanctification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apotheosis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holy man |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sinlessness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritualise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lustrate |