One entry found for blasphemy.

Entry Word: blasphemy
Function: noun
Text: an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things <in the 17th century the Quakers were persecuted for beliefs and practices that older churches regarded as blasphemies>
Synonyms defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence, sacrilege
Related Words cursing, profanity, swearing; affront, insult; violation; contamination, corruption, debasement, pollution; sin, trespass
Near Antonyms consecration, purification, sanctification; reverence, veneration
Antonyms adoration, glorification, worship