Associations to the word «Profanation»

Wiktionary

PROFANATION, noun. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.

Dictionary definition

PROFANATION, noun. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath".
PROFANATION, noun. Degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope