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| ACCREDIT: (tv) | Give credit for; show confidence in someone or something. |
| APOTHEOSIS: (n) | A deified state; a glorified ideal; the "essence" of something. |
| CREDENCE: (n) | Belief; acceptance as true (often used with "give"). |
| CREDULOUS (adj) | Believing too easily; gullible. |
| DEIFY: (tv) | To make a god of; idolize. |
| THEOLOGY: (n) | The study of religion; the principles of a religion. |
| CONSECRATE: (tv) | To make or delcare something sacred; to dedicate something to a goal. |
| EXECRATE: (tv) | To denounce as vile or evil; to curse or detest. |
| EXPIATE: (tv) | To make amends for; to atone for; forgive. |
| IMPIOUS: (adj) | Sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect. |
| PIETY: (n) | Religious devotion; great respect toward something. |
| SACRILEGE: (n) | Refusal to recognize something as sacred; disrespect. |
| SANCTIMONIOUS: (adj) | Pretending to be righteous; self-righteous. |
| SANCTION: (tv, n): | tv: approval; support; permission. |
