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profanation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PROFANATION
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things <the First Book of the Maccabees tells of the profanation of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 b.c.>
Related Words cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespass
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