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profanation

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prof·a·na·tion  (prf-nshn)
n.
The act or an instance of profaning; desecration.
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Noun1.profanationprofanation - blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"
desecration, sacrilege, blasphemy
irreverence, violation - a disrespectful act
2.profanation - degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Translations
profanation [ˌprɒfəˈneɪʃən] N → profanación f
profanation
n → Entweihung f, → Profanierung f


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Some of her old friends, principally to be found among the peachy-cheeked charmers with the skeleton throats, did once occasionally say, as they toyed in a ghastly manner with large fans--like charmers reduced to flirting with grim death, after losing all their other beaux--did once occasionally say, when the world assembled together, that they wondered the ashes of the Dedlocks, entombed in the mausoleum, never rose against the profanation of her company.
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But, had she attempted it, perhaps the old recollections, the long-repressed feelings of childhood, youth, and womanhood, might have gushed from her heart, in words that it would have been profanation to utter there.
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It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics.
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