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n. The act or an instance of profaning; desecration.

n. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.

n. The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration

n. The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.

n. The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; desecration: as, the profanation of the Lord's day; the profanation of a sanctuary.

n. The act of treating with too little reserve or delicacy, or of making common.

n. Synonyms Profanation, Desecration, Sacrileye, pollution. The first three words express offenses, amounting almost or quite to outrages, against the religious sentiment, in connection with places, days, etc., taking off their sacred character. They are in the order of strength. Profanation is perhaps most distinctly a matter of irreverence. Sacrilege seems most directly an invasion of the rights of God.

n. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

n. degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening

"Atherton, “may differ essentially, and what you term profanation may to me seem perfectly harmless; but, be that as it will, my sojourn here has been so brief, that I do not feel accountable for a slight breach of local regulations, of which I was entirely ignorant.”"

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