profanation
nounThe act or an instance of profaning; desecration.
nounThe 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.
nounThe act of treating with too little reserve or delicacy, or of making common.
nounSynonyms 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.
nounThe 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
nounThe act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.
nounThe act of
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
noundegradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening