blasphemy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BLASPHEMY

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things <in the 17th century the Quakers were persecuted for beliefs and practices that older churches regarded as blasphemies>

Synonyms defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege

Near Antonyms consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, veneration

Antonyms adoration, glorification, worship

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