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Synonyms for desecration


Grammar : Noun
Spell : des-i-kreyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs ɪˌkreɪt



Définition of desecration

Origin :
  • 1717, noun of action from desecrate (v.).
  • noun violation, abuse
Example sentences :
  • God's voice against the desecration of His image spoke in the soul.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • My father's old place was at peace for a time, the desecration done with.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • It would be a desecration for us to use a penny of his in our new life.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • I have not voluntarily been guilty of any desecration of holy Names.'
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Do you suppose I'm thinking of that, and not of the desecration, the outrage, the horror?
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The thing she proposed was to him, as he had truly said, a desecration, a defilement.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Had the desecration of sans-culottisme proceeded so far as this?
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • It seems a desecration of you; but if there is no other way we will grant 'the powers' audience.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • It was desecration that her name should be mentioned in that room.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It did not occur to her that any words of hers could be other than a desecration of those minutes.
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Will » by Anne Warner

Antonyms for desecration

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