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Synonyms
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Meaning:
blasphemy

(an instance of) irreverent talk about God and sacred things

irreverence

curse

a word, phrase or sentence calling for punishment, injury or destruction

hateful, swearing remark

malapropism

an incorrect use of a word that is similar to another one, such as 'a city with many aversions' (for diversions)

abuse; wrong application

misuse

(an instance of) using power, an instrument, money etc wrongly

abuse; wrong application

outrage

(an act of) extreme violence, cruelty or indecency; to offend, shock, (a person) greatly

atrocity, evil

pollution

the act of polluting; (a mixture of) substances that pollute

dirtiness, contamination

sacrilege

an act of treating with great lack of respect something that should be sacred

irreverence

PROFANATION as in Wiktionary
PROFANATION as in Wikipedia