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noun
The act of defiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: debasement, perversion, pollution, adulteration, contamination, defedation, defilement, sophistication, abasement, corruption, debauchment, depravation, depravement, impurification, profanation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being defiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: depravity, perversion, pollution, baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, pravity, sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the state of being polluted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: befoulment, pollution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dirtiness, uncleanness
History
Etymology tree English defile Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English defilement From defile + -ment.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
