profanation

Etymology
From, , and its source, , from the participle stem of.

Noun

 * 1) The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
 * 2) * 1826-06, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 528:
 * but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.
 * but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.

Etymology
From.