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profane
     adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
            blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blasphemous},
             {blue}]
     2: not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane
        music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane
        environment" [ant: {sacred}]
     3: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn: {unconsecrated},
         {unsanctified}]
     4: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
        "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
        utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
        enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemous}, {sacrilegious}]
     v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
          the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
          accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
          subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: {corrupt},
           {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch},
           {debase}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}]
     2: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
        "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the
        church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate}, {outrage},
         {violate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0


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