Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sacrilege

1 sense of sacrilege

Sense 1
profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege -- (blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath")
       => irreverence, violation -- (a disrespectful act)