DESECRATIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

desecrations

noun

plural of desecration

as in corruptions

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar

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Recent Examples of desecrations These are two examples of politicians' truths among a plethora of others that are really lies, distortions, deceptions and desecrations of the citizens' trust in them. — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026 These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026 The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025

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violations

Noun

And unlike state authorities who can be sued for civil rights violations in state courts, federal law enforcement authorities are generally shielded from such lawsuits based on legal precedents.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assault of a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license and had three parole violations, the agency said.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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