Synonyms of sanctify

sanctify

verb

ˈsaŋ(k)-tə-ˌfī 

1

as in to purge

to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purge
• purify
• heal
• cleanse
• restore
• improve
• amend
• refine
• regenerate
• elevate
• vindicate
• ennoble
• absolve
• acquit
• exonerate
• uplift
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrade
• corrupt
• defile
• demean
• debase
• stain
• pervert
• poison
• warp
• prostitute
• profane
• debauch
• deprave
• tarnish
• sully

2

as in to bless

to make holy through prayers or ritual

sanctify the bread for Communion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bless
• consecrate
• dedicate
• hallow
• sacralize
• purify
• spiritualize
• devote
• cleanse
• baptize
• exorcise
• canonize
• chasten
• exorcize
• expurgate
• lustrate
• commit
• reconsecrate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• desecrate
• defile
• soil
• profane
• violate
• pollute
• dirty
• desanctify
• taint
• desacralize
• deconsecrate
• punish
• blaspheme
• foul
• condemn
• curse
• cuss
• cast out
• damn
• execrate

Examples of sanctify in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just a space sanctified by the men who’d bled and died on this ground. —John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024

Turks have long revered, even sanctified, the state as the ultimate defense against internal strife and dissolution in a heterogeneous society. —Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016

Accentuating the glass wrinkles with gilding serves to sanctify the century-old depot structure. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024

By the end of the second century, early Christian theologians like St. Clement of Alexandria described two fires: one that destroys and one that sanctifies. —Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024