irreverence

irreverence

noun

Definition of IRREVERENCE

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things <certain sects of Islam consider a woman showing her face in public to be a gross irreverence>

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