blasphemy
noun
[ ˈblasfəmi ]
• the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.
• "he was detained on charges of blasphemy"
Similar:
profanity,
profaneness,
sacrilege,
irreligiousness,
irreverence,
taking the Lord's name in vain,
swearing,
curse,
cursing,
impiety,
impiousness,
ungodliness,
unholiness,
desecration,
disrespect,
imprecation,
execration,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek blasphēmia ‘slander, blasphemy’.
