Synonyms of defrock

defrock

verb

(ˌ)dē-ˈfräk 

as in to depose

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depose
• sack
• dismiss
• topple
• dethrone
• unseat
• deprive
• oust
• unmake
• displace
• banish
• remove
• uncrown
• unthrone
• can
• usurp
• fire
• eject
• supplant
• expel
• overthrow
• retire
• subvert
• cast out
• drum (out)
• extrude
• muster out
• run off
• discharge
• boot (out)
• rout
• chase
• cashier
• throw out
• bounce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crown
• initiate
• install
• elect
• baptize
• appoint
• enthrone
• invest
• inaugurate
• designate
• throne
• induct
• instate

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of defrock

Francis originally set out the norms as a response to the decades of cover-up exposed by a Pennsylvania grand jury report and the scandal over then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was eventually defrocked for abusing adults as well as minors. —Nicole Winfield, al, 25 Mar. 2023

None of the priests were defrocked. —Monica Scislowska, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023

The Vatican issued piecemeal changes over the years to address the problems and loopholes, most significantly requiring all cases to be sent to the Holy See for review and allowing for a more streamlined administrative process to defrock a priest if the evidence against him was overwhelming. —Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2021

Under Ratzinger’s watch as cardinal and pope, the Vatican authorized fast-track administrative procedures to defrock egregious abusers. —Nicole Winfield, ajc, 1 Jan. 2023