Entry Word: blasphemy

Function: noun

Meaning: 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, sacrilege

Related Words cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespass

Near Antonyms consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, veneration

Antonyms adoration, glorification, worship