Purification and Profanation

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Purification noun - The act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt.

Usage example: some people must undergo a ritual purification after certain activities

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Profanation is an antonym for purification.

Nearby Words: purify, purity, purified, purifying, purifier

Profanation noun - An act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things.

Usage example: the First Book of the Maccabees tells of the profanation of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 b.c.

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Purification is an antonym for profanation.

Nearby Words: profane, profanity, profaned, profaning

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