Synonyms for sacrilège
ˈsæc rə lɪdʒsac·rilège

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1. sacrilege

   Synonyms:
   atheism, blasphemy, godlessness, impiety, irreligion, profanity, unbelief, ungodliness, wickedness

   Antonyms:
   devotion, faith, godliness, holiness, morality, pietism, piety, religion, righteousness, theology, worship

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1. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilegenoun

   blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

   "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

   Synonyms:
   desecration, sacrilege, blasphemy, profanation

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1. • Irreverence

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1. sacrilegenoun

   Synonyms:
   profanation, desecration

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1. sacrilegenoun

   Synonyms:
   desecration, profanation, violation

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1. List of paraphrases for "sacrilege":

   sacrilegious, blasphemy, desecration

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1. Marquis de Sade:

   There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.

2. Pope Francis:

   We know abuses are everywhere, in families, in the neighborhoods, in the schools, in the gyms, but when a priest abuses it is very grave because the vocation of the priest is to make that boy, that girl grow towards the love of God, toward maturity, but instead (the victim) is crushed by evil and this is nearly a sacrilege because the priest has betrayed his vocation, the calling of the Lord.

3. Ashutosh Kumar:

   Sacrilege is an issue that angers the Sikh community as a whole and the upcoming elections are the reasons why politicians have remained silent on the mob lynching.

4. Ashutosh Kumar:

   The sacrilege attempt from 2015 has remained in the political consciousness and a wounded psyche has remained over it.

5. Jeremy Taylor:

   Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.