profanity

noun

1. (uncountable)The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

   “The overwhelming power of his imagination led him to contemplate acts of impiety and profanity, and to a vivid realisation of the dangers these involved.”

2. (countable)Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

   “He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.”

   “Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.”

   “Mr. [Kash] Patel said he would not tolerate any more “Mickey Mouse operations,” an official on the call recounted. It was one of his few utterances without profanity, the person added.”