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Desecration

//dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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  1. 1
    An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred. countable, uncountable

    "It seemed a desecration and an unhallowed thing to touch that sleeping image of the live man by my side."

  2. 2
    blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character wordnet

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