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blasphemy
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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, 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
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