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Noun: blasphemy  blas-fu-mee
  1. Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
     
  2. Blasphemous behaviour; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
    "blasphemy of the Holy Sabbath"
    - profanation, desecration, sacrilege

Derived forms: blasphemies

See also: blasphemous

Type of: discourtesy, disrespect, irreverence, profanity, violation

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