profanation

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things the First Book of the Maccabees tells of the profanation of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 b.c. Synonyms defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence, blasphemy, sacrilegeRelated Words cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespassNear Antonyms consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, venerationAntonyms adoration, glorification, worship