sacrileges

noun

plural of sacrilege
as in corruptions
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

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  1. desecrations
  2. violations
  3. insults
Noun
  • These are two examples of politicians' truths among a plethora of others that are really lies, distortions, deceptions and desecrations of the citizens' trust in them.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of desecrations
Noun
  • The hosts talk about the precedent set by smaller violations from other EPL teams.
    — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Commerce Department would establish clawback provisions in the event that fraud or violations of these terms take place, James said.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of violations
Noun
  • Mathews gathered his belongings and began walking toward his vehicle, but after crossing to the other side of a park fence, an exchange of insults between the pair caused a physical confrontation.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • That would be a rich coda to the audio leak, considering that Oaxacans received some of the nastiest insults.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Sacrileges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrileges. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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