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Answer for the clue "An attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity ", 11 letters:
profaneness

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Word definitions for profaneness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being profane; profanity.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity unholiness by virtue of being profane [syn: unsanctification ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profaneness \Pro*fane"ness\, n. The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.

Usage examples of profaneness.

Wood, therefore, 409, ventures still to vary the phrase, and say, that all blasphemy and profaneness are offences by the common law.

My mind shudders when I think of her awful, awful situation, and that, near as she is to the grave, she should be so given up to vanity, licentiousness, profaneness, and folly.