profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege
(noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; “desecration of the Holy Sabbath”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
desecration (countable and uncountable, plural desecrations)
An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
• blasphemy
• sacrilege
• profanation
• considerate, decreations, resonicated
Source: Wiktionary
Des`e*cra"tion, n.
Definition: The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
