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eng: profane
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(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
deprave, demoralize, misdirect, debase, pervert, corrupt, profane, vitiate, subvert, debauch, demoralise
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(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
outrage, desecrate, violate, profane
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(adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
profane, blasphemous, blue
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(adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
profane, secular
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(adjective) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unsanctified, profane, unconsecrated
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(adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious
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