profanation /pɹɒfəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun1 •The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.those which mocke and condemne it, intend neverthelesse to wrong this noble vertue; but onely to condemne the abuse and profanation of so sacred a title[…]. — 1603 formsprofanations