desecration

1. (countable, uncountable)An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

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   blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

1. Some critics have called the restoration of the Chartres cathedral a "scandalous desecration of a cultural holy place."

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