defilement (noun)
1defilement — Ⅰ. defile [1] ► VERB 1) make dirty; spoil or pollute. 2) desecrate. DERIVATIVES defilement noun defiler noun. ORIGIN alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler trample down …
2defilement — I noun abomination, adulteration, besmirching, blackening, contamination, corruption, corruption of purity, debasement, debauchment, deflowering, degradation, demoralization, denigration, depravation, desecration, despoilment, devastation,… …
3defilement — noun see defile I …
4defilement — noun a) the act of defiling b) the state of being defiled Syn: pollution, pollutant …
5defilement — noun the state of being polluted • Syn: ↑befoulment, ↑pollution • Derivationally related forms: ↑pollute (for: ↑pollution), ↑defile, ↑befoul ( …
6defilement — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. degradation, corruption, contamination, debasement; see evil 1 , pollution . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Impure condition: dirtiness, foulness, impurity, pollution, uncleanness, unwholesomeness. See CLEAN …
7pollution — (n.) mid 14c., discharge of semen other than during sex, later, desecration, defilement (late 14c.), from L.L. pollutionem (nom. pollutio) defilement, noun of action from pp. stem of from L. polluere to soil, defile, contaminate, from por before… …
8defile — I. /dəˈfaɪl / (say duh fuyl) verb (t) (defiled, defiling) 1. to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint. 2. to violate the chastity of. 3. to make ceremonially unclean; desecrate. 4. to sully (a reputation, etc.). {alteration of befile (Old… …
9defile — I. transitive verb (defiled; defiling) Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by filen to defile, from Old English fȳlan) of defoilen to trample, defile, from Anglo French defoiller, defuler, to trample, from de + fuller, foller to… …
10defile — defile1 [dɪ fʌɪl] verb sully, mar, or spoil. ↘desecrate or profane (something sacred). ↘archaic rape or sexually assault (a woman). Derivatives defilement noun defiler noun Origin ME: alt. of obs. defoul, from OFr. defouler trample down ,… …