What does defrock mean?
Defrock means (literally) To divest of a frock..
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/diːˈfɹɒk/ · verb
(literally) To divest of a frock..
The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
The Vatican has defrocked the anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop.
There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).
Use defrock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Defrock means (literally) To divest of a frock..
Common synonyms include disfrock, unfrock.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
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