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profanity
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
  2. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The atmosphere of the billiard room, it was suggested in South Shields, was also conducive to profanity and bad language.”
      “While this may seem a bit simplistic, it actually describes how profanity can exist in a sacred universe.”
      “The profanity of his language during the argument shocked everyone in the room.”
profane
  1. A person or thing that is profane.
  2. (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
profanation
  1. The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The entertainment of the proposition of depravity is the last profligacy and profanation.”
      “It is a profanation of speech, whereas the purpose of speech is to communicate known truth to others.”
      “It may include feelings of guilt or profanation, at times engendering a twinge-or surge-of regret, an impulse to repent.”
profaner
profaneness
  1. The quality of being profane; profanity.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The most potent response to profaneness is to strive for more holiness.”
      “But he did notice something beyond her profaneness and tumbling blond hair.”
      “This desire is for a vital or higher existence that may offer a contrast to the profaneness of a soul-numbing finitude.”
profanations
  1. plural of profanation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These are strange profanations, which scandalize even the least devout.”
      “He has already pleaded on more than one occasion, the cause of our ancient architecture, he has already loudly denounced many profanations, many demolitions, many impieties.”
profanenesses
profanities
  1. plural of profanity
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    1. “That means the music is turned down to a tolerable level and the arguments peppered with colourful church-related profanities begins.”
      “And then, all of a sudden Garrett is taking a solo so unbelievably impassioned, he has me screaming profanities.”
      “The dialogue between the characters, while littered with profanities and raw language, is verbose and prosaic.”
profaners
  1. plural of profaner
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    1. “Neither is it pretended that they are lewd or intemperate persons, or profaners of churches.”
      “In thousands of years will come from abroad to the pale face, and they will profane the crowned residence of the That-which-unchain-the-lightning, and these profaners will carry the body of the Inca in their distance country.”
      “Councillor Bennett, as well as handing valuable ammunition to the city's young profaners, proves himself verbally inept.”
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