desecration

desecration

noun

Definition of DESECRATION

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things <the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar>

Synonyms defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence, profanation, 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