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Profaneness

Profaneness \Pro*fane"ness\, n. The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language.

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profaneness

n. The quality of being profane; profanity.

WordNet
profaneness
  1. n. an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity

  2. unholiness by virtue of being profane [syn: unsanctification]

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.