Home › Words › D › debaptizedebaptizedebaptize means to undo the baptism of.EtymologyFrom de- + baptize.verbTo undo the baptism of.e.g.“New street names cannot cause confusion with existing streets, nor is it any longer permitted to debaptize parts of streets in order to give them new names […]” — 1999, Mary Blume, A French Affair: The Paris Beat, 1965-1998, page 25:To rename or to remove a name from.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unbaptize 88% match — To undo the process of baptism for (someone). vs debaptize →debaptism 85% match — A ceremony supposed to cancel a person's earlier baptism. vs debaptize →anabaptize 69% match — To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen vs debaptize →baptizee 68% match — One who undergoes baptism. vs debaptize →unbaptism 66% match — Absence or lack of baptism. vs debaptize →rebaptisation 64% match — A second baptism. vs debaptize →baptize 64% match — To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water. vs debaptize →baptization 63% match — Baptism. vs debaptize →