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Desecration definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESECRATION, n. The act of diverting from a sacred purpose or use to which a thing had been devoted; the act of diverting from a sacred character or office.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1717 an act or instance of desecrating ; the state of being desecrated

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Desecration Des`e*cra"tion, n. The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see desecrate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Profanation, pollution, perversion to unholy uses, sacrilegious treatment.

Moby Thesaurus

abomination, abuse, abuse of office, atrocity, befoulment, blasphemousness, blasphemy, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, disgrace, diversion, embezzlement, fouling, ignominy, impiety, infamy, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pity, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, profaneness, profanity, prostitution, sacrilege, sacrilegiousness, scandal, shame, terrible thing, violation