desecrate
verbTo treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.
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To treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsAn extended discussion, conversation, or treatment of a subject.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTreating someone or something as unworthy of serious consideration.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTreating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTreating pleasure as a central aim of life or conduct.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsAngry because of perceived injustice or improper treatment.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA difference in amount, status, treatment, or opportunity between people or things.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsUnfairness or an instance of unequal treatment.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsShowing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsFair treatment and action that respect what people are properly due.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTreating someone with an air of superiority that appears helpful or kind.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond what sensory experience alone provides.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTo move backward or away, or gradually become smaller or less intense.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsLasting displeasure or bitterness about a perceived wrong or unfair treatment.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsRelated to treatment, or having a beneficial or soothing effect.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsThe condition of being consistent or alike in form, quality, or treatment.
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