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sacrilege
Synonyms and Antonyms of sacrilege
an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege Synonyms defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence, profanation, blasphemyRelated Words cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespassNear Antonyms consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, venerationAntonyms adoration, glorification, worship
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